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  2. Capital punishment debate in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The anti-death penalty movement began to pick up pace in the 1830s and many Americans called for abolition of the death penalty. Anti-death penalty sentiment rose as a result of the Jacksonian era, which condemned gallows and advocated for better treatment of orphans, criminals, poor people, and the mentally ill.

  3. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some advocates [who?] against the death penalty argue that "most of the rest of the world gave up on human sacrifice a long time ago." [285] The murder rate is highest in the South (6.5 per 100,000 in 2016), where 80% of executions are carried out, and lowest in the Northeast (3.5 per 100,000), with less than 1% of executions.

  4. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [206] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [207] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [208] [209] [210] or has a brutalization effect, [211] [212] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [213]

  5. Opinion: It's now clear that America's death penalty is dying ...

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    A view of death row at California's San Quentin prison in March. Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer with time.

  6. Death Penalty Information Center - Wikipedia

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    Georgia, DPI released its Death Penalty Census, which covers the period from 1972 to January 1, 2021. The database was the result of a years-long effort. [8] The Death Penalty Census will be updated periodically, includes death sentences imposed in U.S. state, federal, and military courts, and includes numerous details about each case. [9]

  7. Why is the death penalty still used? Let's look at the pros ...

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    The death penalty is sought in only a fraction of murder cases, and it is often doled out capriciously. The National Academy of Sciences concludes that its role as a deterrent is ambiguous.

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

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    Sumner v. Shuman, 483 U.S. 66 (1987) – Mandatory death penalty for a prison inmate who is convicted of murder while serving a life sentence without possibility of parole is unconstitutional. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for child rape and other non-homicidal crimes against the person.

  9. Opinion - What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death ...

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    As the Death Penalty Information Center observes, America’s death penalty is now “defined by two competing forces: the continuing long-term erosion of capital punishment across most of the ...