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The US actually did sign the Geneva Conventions, however with a reservation. In laymens terms, the US, when it signed and again ratified the Conventions(it did this 4 times), stated that it still reserved the right to impose the death penalty in any country, regardless if the occupied country approved of capital punishment when the occupation began.

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