No, however depending on the circumstances it could carry Jail time, a fine or community service
Yes Indiana carries out the death penalty today.
SC rejects Bhullar's plea for commuting death penalty to life term on grounds of...
Today, two-thirds of Americans still support the death penalty.
An injection is given to them to kill them. Most like how people are killed if they are given the death penalty today.
Draco, from which we get today's word Draconian.
In 1997, a person who was convicted to killing a panda could receive a death penalty. But today, its very rarely you get a death penalty, today you can either get a very very big fine or spend the rest of your life and days in prison. Panda's are living things and when you kill a panda, its the same as killing a person!
yes, book burning is still practiced today
Considering the brutality of his crime and the young age of Maria Goretti, he would have been lucky to get off with simply a life sentence. In countries with the death penalty he would be a prime candidate for the maximum penalty.
Many believe that it is not. A black person who kills a white person is eleven times more likely to receive the death penalty than a white person who kills a white person. A black person who kills a white person is 22 times more likely to get the death penalty than a white person who kills a white person. From 1608 to today only 46 white people who have killed a black person have been executed. So race is a factor in getting the death penalty as well a wealth. People who are poor are more likely to get the death penalty than those who are rich and can afford good lawyers.
Penalty
The Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables of Roman Law were sets of laws established long ago in two different time periods. Despite their differences they share much in common. One similarity that stands out first is the way the two civilizations viewed the death penalty. By today's standards their views are considered harsh. They fling the death sentence around for many crimes. The Code of Hammurabi as well as the Twelve Tables of Roman Law use the death penalty to punish those who bare false witness. The death sentence is also handed down to thieves caught in the act. In the Code of Hammurabi it says a man who steals from a burning house is cast into the fire.
(in the US) The law and the punishment was passed by the legislatures of the various territories and states. At one time every US state enforced a death penalty. Today (2011) 35 states plus the federal Government and the US military still enforce a death penalty, while in the past several years the legislators of the other states have rescinded their state's capital punishment laws.