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A government court sentences someone to death?
Capital punishment is also called the death penalty or execution and. It is currently an option in 32 states of the US.
How many states in the US allow the death penalty?
As of October 2009, 35 states use the death penalty, although not all states use it frequently.For a list of states that use capital punishment, see Related Questions, below.
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.
Was the death penalty abolished 21st December 1965?
(in the US) You must be more specific with this question. Currently (03/2010) there are still 35 states plus the US military who still have the death penalty on the books.
Is the death penalty executed in front of people?
In the US, all death penalty sentences are carried out with wtnesses present.
Where in America can you not receive the death penalty?
only 15 states are safe from the death penalty. and there are 35 states thathave the death penalty including US government and military.AlaskaHawaiiIllinois (this year)IowaMaineMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotanew jerseynew Mexiconew yorknorth DakotaRhode islandVermontwest VirginaWisconsin and dist. of Columbia does not have the death penalty. these could change anytime
Can Court decisions create physical injuries?
Not in the US, unless you are referring to sentences of death.
Why is there a death sentence in US?
so they can pay for what they didAnother View: Because the majority of the citizens of 35 states as well as the Federal Government and the US Military still see value in having it enforced.
How many states were there when the death penalty started?
There were the original 13 states, although the death penalty was established in the US long before the US was a separate nation.
How many states dont allow death penalty?
There are currently 15 states plus the District of Columbia that do not use the death penalty. Officially, only 14 of the states have banned captial punishment; the fifteenth state, New York, still has a death penalty statute on its books, but part of the statute was declared unconstitutional in 2004, but New York has made no effort to rewrite or reinstate the law.For a list of the states, see Related Questions, below.
Do most US states recognize same-sex marriages?
Yes. As of November 19, 2014, 35 US states recognize same-sex marriages and only 15 US states do not.
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.
