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What characteristics must a crime have in order for the death penalty to be sentenced?
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∙ 9y ago
Some of the characteristics of a crime that leads to a death penalty include crimes that lead to the death of others. These include drug trafficking, terrorism and rape that leads to injury.
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Has a black woman ever been sentenced to the death penalty?
Of course, death penalty are sentenced to people who have done serious crime regarless of their race
What chracteristics must a crime have in order for the death penalty to be sentenced?
It must be a felony in a state that uses death penalty. Death penalty is not common, mostly used with serial killers. Murder is the most common crime punished by death, but most of the cases are just sentenced to life in prison.
What was penalty was Charles Manson sentenced to?
He was sentenced to death. The death penalty was abolished for all prisoners and his sentence was changed to life.
Is the death penalty really racist?
No, a person of any race could be sentenced to the death penalty.
Wilkins v. Missouri?
Sixteen year old wilkens stabbed 26 years out convinence counter girl to death during a robbery. Wilkens plead guilty to first degree murder and other charges. He was tried in adult court due to the violence of the crime and sentenced with the death penalty. He was sentenced with the death penalty.
The death penalty is working in stopping crime?
Not in my view. States that carry out the death penalty do not necessarily have lower crime rates. Beyond that, recent DNA technology has shown that numerous persons who were sentenced to death didn't do the crime. Finally, there's the moral issue - "you shall not murder." (The fact that the criminal murdered someone doesn't make it okay for the State to do the same.)
Can a sixteen year old get the death penalty?
In the US, no. The Supreme Court found that minors could not be sentenced to the death penalty.
Why was the murderer of Maria Goretti not executed?
Italy does not have the death penalty and the person who murdered her was a minor. At the time this crime had happened, Italy did have Capital Punishment, however, Alessandro was considered to young at the time to be sentenced to death.
What is the difference in violent crime rate between states that have death penalty and states that do not have death penalty?
Well the death penalty countries are lower as the people don't want to dye for a crime so.
Which scientific development has shown that some persons sentenced to death actually did not commit the crime?
DNA identification has shown that some persons who were sentenced to death did not commit the crime.
Why death penalty does not discourage crime?
The death penalty does in fact discourage some crime. In other cases people just do not care what will happen to them.
What do you call it when a crime is punishable by death?
It is a death-penalty offense.
