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Death penalty in the USA

Death penalty in the USA

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Death penalty in the USA

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11/12/10

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DEATH PENALTY IN THE US Definition DEATH PENALTY (also known as the capital punishment) = the legal punishment of death for people who committed a serious crime Nowadays, over 70% of the worlds countries don't have the death penalty anymore and there is a clear trend going away from the death penalty, more and more countries abolish the death penalty every year → however: there are still some big countries that actively use the death penalty, for example China or the United States In this presentation, the focus will be on the US. Mapbox OSM Year 2020 Mapbox ⒸOSM 0 State (Alle) States with and without the death penalty - 2020 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Mexiko Region (Alle) DP IC Death Penalty Status Death penalty No death penalty Governor-imposed moratorium Year of Abolition (Alle) 223 25 22 Facts about Death penalty in the US Since 1970s: 1526 executions Currently over 2500 people on death row → waiting time: mostly over 10 years in 2019: 22 executions most recent execution: 24th September 2020 41 capital offenses that could bring you the death penalty, e.g. murdering a judge since 1973: 172 exonerations proven to be innocent about 3% of all executions go wrong in some kind of way that causes the prisoner a lot of unnecessary pain Methods 5 authorized methods in the US → however, not all of them are allowed in every state, it depends from state to state ■ hanging ■ electrocution