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Are there death penalty in the us?
Yes, the states can decide whether or not to employ a death penalty. At the moment, 16 states have no death penalty (the most recent to join them was Illinois, who abolished it earlier this year). The federal government and military also have the power to execute people, but few murder cases are ever dealt with by the federal government.
How do you feel about the death penalty in the past?
The death penalty was extremely unfair for some people, but for the rest of us it was justice........ In the states the death penalty is still used in 37 states and by the Federal Government and the US Military.
What is the difference between federal death penalty and regular death penalty?
For the person on who it is pronounced, none.
Philippines government transition?
anti- death penalty i am a anti death penalty... because death penalty is not a human punishment..
Should the death penalty be eliminated by the federal government in the 38 states that use it?
Arguably, the federal government lacks the authority to prohibit states from imposing the death penalty. The U.S. Supreme court has ruled that states have the authority to impose the death penalty for certain crimes, and provided very stringent due process rights are followed. Unless the Supreme Court were to reverse this decision, any congressional action barring the states from using the death penalty in matters that involve only state law would likely be invalid.
How does the death penalty effect the states that currently have the death penalty?
Don't quite understand the question. The application of the death penalty is one of the rights preserved to the states. There is no federal law that addresses, it or forbids it. Currently 35 of the 50 states plus the US Government and US Military have a death penalty in effect, although several have not exercised it in some time.
In a federal crime is the death penalty allowed regardless of what state the convicted is from?
Yes. It doesn't matter where you are from for the death penalty to be allowed, example you are from a state that doesn't have the death penalty and kill someone in a state that does. You can be put to death in a federal court (treason, killing a federal officer, and more) regardless of your state residency.
What are disadvantages of allowing the federal government to assume authority in the death penalty and hate crimes?
They will either abuse it ,or never use it, as political expediency demands.
When did the death penalty get abolished?
In the United States, the death penalty was abolished in 1972 with the Furman v. Georgia case. However, it was reinstated in 1976 with the case of Gregg v. Georgia.Many American states still have the death penalty.
What was the death penalty to homosexuals in Colonial America?
Colonial America did not have a standardized system of laws or even a federal government. Legally, the colonies were under British law, which prescribed imprisonment.
What is the penalty for disturbing the peace in Romeo and Juliet?
The penalty for starting a fight is death. The Prince of Verona has stated this within the very first scene of Act One.
Who dislikes the death penalty?
mostly everybody except the police and the judge and other people who has jobs dealing with the lawAnother VIew: (in the US) Apparently the citizens of 37 states still like it, as well, as both the US federal government and the US Military all of which still have the death penalty on their statute books.
