which american states do not have the death penalty?
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2 states have declared death penalty unconstitutional:\nKansas\nNew york\n\nSome states have no death penalty:\nNorth Dakota\nMinnesota\nIowa\nWisconsin\nMichigan\nWast Virginia\nVermont\nConnecticut\nRhode Island\nMassachusetts\nNew Hampshire\nMaine\nAlaska\nHawaii\n\nSeveral more states have death penalty but have not executed anyone since 1976.
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Go to yahoo.com and try searching using key terms such as: pro death penalty, pro capital punishment.  Below are a couple of sites I came up with.
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More and more of us have. The death penalty is a archaic institution to say the least and one has a hard time truly arguing in its favor without coming of Barbaric or ignorant. However you must understand that America is always the last of the Western Nations to become "civilized". We were the last to abolish the slave trade and end slavery, one of the few to not offer universal healthcare, or statefunded secondary education. It seems as if the only thing that America spearheaded was the end of monarcrial rule. Europe had pseudo-republics before the revolution, Constitutions and legislative bodies before 1776. \n\nSo we are a young nation and will eventually catch up to Europe but one must give us time as our ego tends to greatly hamper our civility.
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Death Sentence = Capital Punishment
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Actually, All of mexico has an extradition treaty with the USA. However since Mexico has no death penalty a person that might face the death penalty here in the US will not be extradited.. The same is true about other contries' treaties with the US. France is another one of such countries.
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Capital Murder or First Degree Murder but depends on the state in the U.S.
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Capital punishment\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nJump to: navigation, search\n"Execution" redirects here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation). \nIt has been suggested that Death penalty paradox be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)Contents [hide]\n1 The death penalty worldwide \n1.1 Global distribution of death penalty \n1.2 Public opinion \n1.3 International organizations \n1.4 Juvenile capital punishment \n1.5 The death penalty in specific countries \n2 History \n2.1 Movements towards "humane" execution \n2.2 Abolitionism in different countries \n3 Debate: Retentionism versus Abolitionism \n3.1 Abolitionist movement \n3.1.1 Reasons to oppose to death penalty \n3.1.2 List of famous abolitionists \n3.2 Retentionist movement \n3.2.1 Reasons to support the death penalty \n3.2.2 List of famous retentionists \n4 Religious views \n5 Abolitionist themes in arts and media \n6 Methods of execution \n7 Notes \n8 External links \n8.1 Resources opposing capital punishment \n8.2 Resources favoring capital punishment \n8.3 Religious views on the death penalty \n \n \nCapital Punishment, or the death penalty, is the most severe punishment that can be imposed by the State for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offenses. When a person is sentenced to die, their life will be terminated in a lawful place (in nearly all cases, a prison) in a process known as an execution. In "capital punishment", "capital" comes from the latin noun "caput", which means head; therefore, to be subjected to capital punishment means to figuratively lose your head. Historically, the execution of criminals and political opponents was used by nearly all societies both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. Among democratic countries around the world, most European and Latin American states have abolished capital punishment (except the United States, Guatemala and most of the Caribbean), while democracies in Asia and Africa retain it. Among nondemocratic countries the use of the death penalty is common.\n\nIn most places that practice capital punishment today, the death penalty is reserved as a punishment for premeditated murder, espionage, or treason or part of military justice. In some majority-Muslim countries, sexual crimes including adultery and sodomy, carry the death penalty as does religious crimes such as apostasy. In many retentionist countries, drug trafficking is also a capital offense. In China, human trafficking and serious cases of corruption are also punished by the death penalty. In militaries around the world, courts-martial have imposed death sentences for offenses such as cowardice, desertion, insubordination, and mutiny.\n\nCapital punishment is a contentious issue. Supporters of capital punishment argue that it deters crime, prevents recidivism, and is an appropriate retribution for the crime of murder. Opponents of capital punishment argue that it does not deter crime more than life imprisonment, violates human rights, leads to wrongful executions, and discriminates against minorities and the poor.\n\n[edit]\nThe death penalty worldwide\n[edit]\nGlobal distribution of death penalty\n \nUse of the death penalty around the world (as of 2005/06).\n\n██ Abolished for all offences (86)\n\n██ Abolished for all offences except under special circumstances (11)\n\n██ Retains, though not used for at least 10 years (25)\n\n██ Retains death penalty (74)\nReports from NGOs opposed to the death penalty tend to publicise the view that abolition is a global trend. In 1977, 16 countries were abolitionist, while the figure was 122 for the end of 2005. In more detail, 86 countries have abolished capital punishment for all offences, 11 for all offences except under special circumstances, and 25 others have not used it for at least 10 years. However, Sri Lanka recently declared an end to its moratorium on the death penalty. A total of 74 countries reta
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In England, we do, in fact, have the Death penalty. But this is little known about. I am led to believe that the only 2 crimes which still carry this penalty however, are:\n1: Piracy on the High Seas (High Seas being out into international waters) and\n2: Setting fire to her majectys dock yards.\n\nI'm pretty sure no one has been found guilty for these for a while, but I'd quite like myself to see some more added back to the list, especially now we have good DNA evidence etc ...
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I'm expecting and hoping that most of the democratic candidates will win.  I voted NO on the marriage amendment and capital punishment.  Unfortunately I think the marriage amendment will go through, not sure on the capital punishment.  I support same-sex couple's right to get married.  Wisconsin has been fine without the death penalty.  It makes me sick to think of our great state killing people.
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Might be helpful to include the country next time , this is all US information..... Here is some research with links " Get to work and stop reading questions" LOL\n\n\n1) Check out their "History of the Death Penalty "section\n2) United States Courts on the death penalty\n3)Victims and the death penalty\n4)Capital Punishment, legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. Throughout history people have been put to death for various forms of wrongdoing. Methods of execution have included such practices as crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stake, impaling, and beheading. Today capital punishment is typically accomplished by lethal gas or injection, electrocution, hanging, or shooting.\n5)History of the death penalty ---Plus a chart chronicles the United State's use of the death penalty over the past four centuries.
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I think this is more an opinionated question.  But the least corrupted country i have been to is Iceland.  People there do not carry guns or lock their doors, no one has murdered anyone in the last 20 years.
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I think the most positive effect of the death penalty here in America is that it really pisses off all those pinko commie bleeding heart Europeans.\n\nI think that's more than enough of a reason to keep it around.
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Dear Friend,\n\nCanada hasn't had a death penalty since 1976.  Plus, most cases of "actual innocence" are being made with DNA testing and other forensic evidence not available at that time.  So you'd need to do some serious historical digging on this one.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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Texas has the highest number of death row inmates and kill more criminals per year than any other state yet they have a higher than average crime rate.  So does it work no, not really. On the other hand do I believe in it.. yes I do 100%. If you kill some one your life is no longer yours. Plus it is so much cheaper for the taxpayers. They just need to hurry up the process and let criminals have less apeals, and quit bogging down the court system on deadmen walking. Kill them already. If they were innocent they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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In some parts of the US, they have capital punishment. In those places, certain murderers are condemned to be executed by the state. There are two commonly cited reasons for this. First, public knowledge that a death penalty exists and can be administered is supposed to deter would-be murderers from killing.To say it in the easy, first-person way- If I know that I could get punished with death because I kill someone, that will theoretically make me hesitate to kill a person. Secondly, the people of some states are of the opinion that it is less costly to execute a convicted murderer than to keep that person in prison for life, but the calculations as to the cost-efficiency are not conclusive.  The expressed attitude seems to be that once a person has killed, that person cannot be trusted not to kill again and must be removed from society.\nIn actual practice, the families of murder victims frequently talk about seeking closure, saying that only the death of the murderer will bring them peace.  That seems like revenge to me. rather than a noble social aim.  It is pretty insensitive of me to even discuss such matters.  Can I declare myself morally superior to others and say that it is wrong to seek revenge? I have no such right.  I can only say that the desire for revenge is the driving force behind much of the violence in the world today. I can only say that if we could get away from the idea of revenge, many violent acts would not happen.\nI would like to give one last bit of food for thought: when humans act alone and independantly, we do not always take the time to fully justify our morality, but when we act as a society- by making laws- we need to have morals that we can explain.\nThank you for asking an important question.
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Europe is not a country, but a continent. There are many countries in it, and they each have their own laws. Most extradite to the US, though many will not if the criminal will face execution for his/her crime.
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STATES WITH THE DEATH PENALTY\n \nAlabama\nArizona\nArkansas\nCalifornia\nColorado\nConnecticut\nDelaware\nFlorida\nGeorgia\nIdaho\nIndiana\nIllinois\nKansas *\nKentucky\n Louisiana\nMaryland\nMississippi\nMissouri\nMontana\nNebraska\nNevada\nNew Hampshire\nNew Jersey\nNew Mexico\nNew York *\nNorth Carolina\nOhio\nOklahoma\n Oregon\nPennsylvania\nSouth Carolina\nSouth Dakota\nTennessee\nTexas\nUtah\nVirginia\nWashington\nWyoming