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The Death Penalty

The Death Penalty. What is the death penalty?. Death Penalty, good or bad?. By Caitlin Swirbul. The death penalty keeps crime lower. But why kill a criminal to show that killing is wrong?. Is the death penalty a popular punishment?. DNA Innocence Project. How to Learn More

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The Death Penalty

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  1. The Death Penalty What is the death penalty? Death Penalty, good or bad? By Caitlin Swirbul The death penalty keeps crime lower. But why kill a criminal to show that killing is wrong? Is the death penalty a popular punishment? DNA Innocence Project How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... This picture shows an electric chair

  2. What is the death penalty? What is the death penalty? Death penalty, good or bad? The death penalty is when someone is put to death by the state, either as an act of deserved punishment or to be sure this criminal does not commit future crimes. You can get the death penalty by murdering someone, kidnapping someone ending with that person dying, or hijacking an aircraft! Hijacking an aircraft was not originally something you can do to get the death penalty but it became one because of 9/11 ( the plane crash into the twin towers)! The death penalty is often deserved as capital punishment. Capital punishmentis also known as a term that is Latin called capitalis! Capitalis means head, which describes that historically capital punishment involved losing your head!!! Is the death penalty a popular punishment? DNA Innocence Project How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... POWER WORDS! Capital punishment: punishment by death or crime THINK: Would you kill someone now that you no what the Death Penalty is? This pie chart shows how many people of different races are on death row

  3. Death penalty, good or bad? What is the death penalty? Death penalty, good or bad? THINK What's your opinion on the death penalty? Is the death penalty a popular punishment? POWER WORDS! Contributes: helps or gives to DNA Innocence Project How to Learn More And Reply to this Article...

  4. Is the death penalty a popular punishment? What is the death penalty? The death penalty is used in many states. For example, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Connecticut and many more. Some states that do not have the death penalty are Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont, Maine, and a few more. In total, There are 34 states with the death penalty and 16 without. Texas has had 466 executions from 1976 until now. This is the highest number out of all of the United States. The least executions were in Connecticut, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. They all had one execution. In 2005, the Supreme Court made a law that juveniles could not get the death penalty. Also, in 2002, the Supreme court made a law that people with mental disabilities could not get the death penalty. Death penalty, good or bad? Is the death penalty a popular punishment? DNA Innocence Project This graph shows the execution by region in the USA How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... POWER WORDS! Executions: being killed because of committing a crime Juveniles: person under age 18 in jail

  5. DNA Innocence Project What is the death penalty? Death penalty, good or bad? The DNA Innocence Project is a project that two men named Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld invented. This project is supposed to help find out if prisoners are innocent. For more than 15 years, the project has worked to free innocent people. The DNA testing is used to protect the innocent and identify the guilty. Before the DNA Innocence Project, people would get killed before even taking their DNA test. This means they could have been innocent and a criminal was still out there. Some examples of DNA testing are fingerprints and hair samples. Since every finger print is different, then it’s easier to find a criminal. Also, every person’s DNA is different. Is the death penalty a popular punishment? DNA Innocence Project How to Learn More And Reply to this Article... Fingerprint sheet from police station A DNA strand. POWER WORDS! DNA testing: using body samples to figure out a person’s identity

  6. How to Learn More and Reply to this Article... What is the death penalty? Death Penalty, good or bad? Is the death penalty a popular punishment? To learn more about the perils of The Death Penalty, go to the websites below: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/NBC_News_tonight_DNA_shakes_up_forensic_science.php www.balancedpolotics.org To respond to this Feature Article, go to the Watson’s Winners Blog, below: http://cwatsondps.wordpress.com/ DNA Innocence Project How to Learn More And Reply to this Article...

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