capital punishment should be abolished in the U.S.
Of course not. The US has always prohibited "cruel and unusual punishment".
The USA has not applied to join the EU, and is unlikely to join in the future. The USA would be ineligible to join for several reasons, including capital punishment.
Black 1930-2002
The costs of capital punishment vary by state in the US, but on average, it can cost millions to carry out a single execution due to legal fees, court costs, and incarceration expenses. The total amount spent on capital punishment each year in the US can reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
None. The US Supreme Court declared capital punishment for juvenile offenders is unconstitutional in Roper v. Simmons,543 US 551 (2005). This decision overturned capital punishment laws in 25 states.
I think that the goal of capital punishment in the U.S. is that it wants to show people how they can get killed as how they killed/murdered another person/people as a crime and the police can track you easily because of technology these days.
No. There are roughly 20 US states that either have no death penalty statute or have declared it unconstitutional.
It was always there since its inception aside from a short break while the justice system was trying to work out whether they were advanced human beings or not.
this is a choice that people can vote on, some people are against and some people are for!!
look up states that have capital punishment and check their stats and add em' up
This list is based on the total number of executions, by state, since 1976, the year the US Supreme Court decided capital punishment was no longer cruel and unusual punishment. Executions since 1976Texas.......................441Virginia....................103Oklahoma..................91Florida......................68Missouri....................67