Which are the crimes in your country for which there is a provision for death sentence?
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Capital Murder or First Degree Murder but depends on the state in the U.S.
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thief....cut off a hand or 2\nmurder.....death penalty (they will never do it again)
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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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Depends on the crime. \n\nIf a 35 year old man raped your 11 year old child, and beat her to death with a tire iron, does he deserve death or life in prison? I say death.\n\nIf an 18 year old man kills a store clerk for 20 bucks in the cash register, does he deserve death or life in prison? For that I say life in prison.\n\nI'm a US citizen and have a deep respect for Australia, I love your country, but as far as Capitol Punishment, the crime itself needs to determine the punishment. So I say, bring it back for certain crimes.
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Assassination\n\nass ass in nation
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Try this site\nhttp://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/debate.html\n\nhttp://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/death_penalty.HTM\n\nhttp://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-625/politics_economy/death_penalty/
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Any crime commited with the result of death should be given the death penalty and life sentences
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I'm against because innocent people get judged guilty and are killed. And anyway some crimes are so horrific that death is too soft a punishment.
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Here is a website on which states still have the death penalty and the method used.\n\nLethal Injection\n \nAlabama \nArizona\nArkansas\nCalifornia \nColorado\nConnecticut\nDelaware \nFlorida\nGeorgia \nIdaho\nIllinois\nIndiana\nKansas\n Kentucky\nLouisiana\nMaryland\nMississippi\nMissouri\nMontana\nNevada\nNew Hampshire\nNew Jersey\nNew Mexico\nNew York\nNorth Carolina\nOhio\n Oklahoma \nOregon\nPennsylvania\nSouth Carolina \nSouth Dakota\nTennessee \nTexas\nUtah \nVirginia \nWashington \nWyoming\nFederal Government\n       \nElectrocution Lethal Gas Firing Squad \nAlabama \nArkansas \nFlorida \nIllinois\nKentucky \nNebraska\nOklahoma \nSouth Carolina \nTennessee \nVirginia \n Arizona \nCalifornia \nMissouri \nWyoming \n Idaho \nOklahoma \nUtah \n\nHanging\nDelaware\nNew Hampshire\nWashington \n \n      \n \nAlabama - If execution is after 07-01-02, inmate may choose electrocution, otherwise lethal injection. Arizona - If committed before 11-23-92, inmate shall elect lethal injection or lethal gas. If no election made, then lethal injection. California - Inmate may elect lethal injection or lethal gas. If no election, then Lethal Injection. If one method invalid, then the other method. Delaware - Lethal Injection. If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then hanging. Florida - Lethal injection unless inmate elects electrocution. If lethal injection or electrocution held unconstitutional, then any legal method. Georgia - If committed after May 1, 2000 lethal injection. If before, electrocution. If electrocution held unconstitutional, then lethal injection. In 2001, Georgia Supreme Court held electrocution, as prescribed by statute for murders before 1999, unconstitutional.Idaho - Lethal injection. If impractical due to lack of “technical assistance,” then firing squad. Illinois - Lethal Injection. If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then electrocution. Kentucky - Lethal injection, unless inmate was sentenced before 03-31-98 and chooses electrocution. Missouri - Lethal injection or lethal gas. (Unknown who decides) New Hampshire - Lethal Injection. If “impractical, then hanging. Ohio - Lethal Injection - If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then any subsequently prescribed legal method. Oklahoma - If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then electrocution. If electrocution held unconstitutional, then firing squad. South Carolina - Lethal injection, unless inmate elects electrocution. If Lethal Injection held unconstitutional, then electrocution. Tennessee - On or after 01-01-99, then lethal injection. Before 01-01-99, then electrocution, unless inmate elects lethal injection. If lethal injection or electrocution,l then any constitutional method. Utah - Lethal injection. If court holds that defendant has right to firing squad choice under prior law, then firing squad. If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then firing squad. Virginia - Lethal injection or electrocution chosen by inmate. If no choice made, then Lethal Injection. Washington - Lethal injection, unless inmate elects hanging. Wyoming - If lethal injection held unconstitutional, then lethal gas. Federal Government - Lethal Injection is general method pursuant to 28 CFR, Part 26. However, under the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994, the method is that of state in which the conviction took place, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3596.
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It amazes me in America, a country built on the foundation of Christianity, that we condone state sanctioned murder.  No matter a person's belief, the only person who has the right to take a life is God, Allah or whatever you may call him or her.  \n\nIf we are talking about punishment, life in prison is no cakewalk it's severe punishment.  If we are talking about costs, it costs LESS to house an inmate in prison for life than to put him or her on death row.  The appeals process is so costly and the person remains on death row for so long, that it costs the tax payers more to kill someone than to send them to prison for life.  Often times, when an inmate is murdered via state sanction, they are not even the same person they were when the committed the crime.  You have folks being "put to death" 20 years after they committed the crime. So the state is then murdering someone who is no longer the person who committed the crime...umm the point of that is WHAT?  \n\nAnd finally, the death penalty does not deter crime.  Low life murders don't stop murdering because they know they can get the DP.  Crime rates don't decrease because of the DP.  And if you are going to get a low life off other streets and they are sitting in prison for 20 years before getting iced, then just let em rot in prison. I am just glad that I ain't the one who has to pull the switch. I would never be able to sleep at night.
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Not me. The death penalty is the Hammurabi code in action. If you kill a criminal because he kill a innocent them the government is part of the criminal system. Following this theory, for example, is a drunk driver kill a family in a crash accident I believe the penalty will be killing the drunk driver family.Or not?\nThe EU and other civilized countries banned such practices.
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The principle here is not that they are able to kill people but for what reason. The execution of a known felon who has him/herself murdered countless lives has forfeited his/her right to live under the eyes of the law. If he/she were to be set free and thus cause more deaths on the population it is justified to take his life for the general good. They are against violence, random and senseless violence that is. Sanctioned killings whereby a person has commited crimes deemed irreconcievable in the eyes of the community is not a crime nor hyprocracy but justified and necessary. As for war it depends on the reason, to the defence of life and country it is a noble cause, for an outster of a regime not friendly to a country that is selfcentered hyprocracy for a nation that cherishes life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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In a variety of countries. Only in Belarus is the Death Penalty actively used. THe countires in the EU are banned from using Capitial Punishment.\n\nOnly in Wartime:\n~Albania\n~Latvia\n\nOnly in the Constitution:\n~Abkhazia\n~Russian Federation\n~South Ossetia\n~Transintira\n\nAnytime:\n~Belarus: 5 excuted in 2004
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"Murder" defines the ILLEGAL killing of another human being. Killing someone isn't "murder" until the killer is convicted of the crime of murder. So yes, killing a person is legal in most countries.\n\nOJ Simpson and Senator Ted Kennedy are classic examples of a "killer", but they're not  murderers. Doctors who perform abortion and euthanasia are "killers", but not murderers. Executioners are killers and so are drunk drivers in many cases. They usually aren't charged with nor convicted of murder.
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Definitions of the degrees of murder and other crimes vary widely by jurisdiction. What jurisdiction are you asking about?
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I WOULD SAY MURDER BECAUSE PEOPLE ONLY GO TO JAIL FOR 3-5 YEARS WHEN THEY RAPE SOMEBODY WITHOUT A WEAPON 15-20 WITHA  WEAPON AND THEY GO FOR LIFE WHEN THE KILL SOMEBODY.
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Good side about the death penalty?\n\nWell...\n\nhttp://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/thoughts.html#pro\n\nTry that website for both pros and cons.\n\nThe main reason is that it's a deterrent for criminals.