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  2. Capital punishment by the United States federal government

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    If the state has no death penalty, the judge must select a state with the death penalty for carrying out the execution. [39] The federal government has a facility and regulations only for executions by lethal injection, but the United States Code allows U.S. Marshals to use state facilities and employees for federal executions. [40] [41]

  3. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [207] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [208] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [209] [210] [211] or has a brutalization effect, [212] [213] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [214]

  4. List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving ...

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    Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed. Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v.

  5. Treble damages - Wikipedia

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    In United States law, treble damages is a term that indicates that a statute permits a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff. Treble damages are usually a multiple of, rather than an addition to, actual damages, but on occasion they are additive, as in California Civil Code § 1719.

  6. What is transfer on death (TOD) for estate planning? - AOL

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    Upon your death, estate taxes may apply if the total value of your estate exceeds the federal exemption threshold, which is $13.61 million in 2024. Most people won’t come anywhere close to this ...

  7. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [89] When it abolished the death penalty in 2019, New Hampshire explicitly did not commute the death sentence of the sole person remaining on the state's death row, Michael K. Addison. [90] [91]

  8. What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in ...

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    Her office successfully defended the death penalty in court, arguing she was obligated to uphold the law as the state's top attorney — even as she refused to enforce a referendum that banned gay ...

  9. The US has executed 23 men this year. A look at the state of ...

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    The rest of the United States − 23 in total − do not have the death penalty, including red states like North Dakota and Alaska, and the bluest of states, like Vermont and Massachusetts.