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There are more executions in the south than any other part of the United States

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I think it's interesting that PA barely uses the death penalty.

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Over 75% of the murder victims in cases
resulting in an execution were white.

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One good thing is that its gets criminals who have done horrible crimes get off the streets

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That 55 percent of the executed are white people.

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There were 295 death sentences in 1998.

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That there's mostly white people who were killed in the death penalty. Also that theirs mostly white victims who are killed.

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I think it's a good thing for people who have done a lot of crime or serious crime like rape or murdering a lot of people.

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The one thing that was interesting to me was California had the most amount of death at 746

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In 2002 it was said to be unconstitutional to execute defendants with 'Mental Retardation' .

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Clears up space in prisons for new prisoners.

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There were more whites executed than anyone else.

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One positive thing about it is that some people deserve it for the drastic things that they do.

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The good thing about the death penalty is that financially it helps tax payers because the cost of keeping someone jail is expensive

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It's like an easy way out for people who did a serious crime. Instead of thinking about what they've done they just get killed.

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the death penalty is bad because i feel that no human has the right to take another persons life regarless

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One pro about the death penalty is that it stops those who has committed terrible crimes, such as serial killers, from continuing to hurt more people.

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A positive thing about the death penalty is to take out the serious criminals who done worse.

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One negative thing is that there are so many people who are killed through the death penalty and there may have been a way to do things differently back in 1998

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One negative thing about it is that the techniques they use are cruel.

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There is no pro about the death penalty

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One thing I find interesting about the death penalty after looking at the facts is that In Texas , a death penalty case costs an average of $2.3 million.

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I do think that the death penalty is cruel unusual punishment because for the crimes that people commit they already get life sentences so to determine when someone dies and how they're going to die is cruel.

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Sometimes people could have been falsely convicted of a crime they never did, then later get executed for a crime that they never committed.

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One con is that they would get a very cruel death sentence.

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The death penalty gets people that did bad crimes from coming back and possibly doing it again

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The positive thing about the death penalty is that if you try to kill people without any reason ,you deserve the death penalty .

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I guess that its wrong to kill

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There are some times where it can be cruel and unusual punishment, but it depends on the situation. If someone is raped then the rapist should have the death penalty, if someone robbed a bank and shot some body but they are still living there are other consequences.  The death penalty should be kept but used in the correct way.

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I feel although the death penalty should not be banned. Reason why I say this is because some people deserve it. Such as mass murders or people who are convicted of capital murder.

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yes, in my opinion death penalty's are cruel and an unusual punishment because you are deciding punishment by death for a criminal. Its a human rights violation

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Ain't nothing with death penalty. We got serial killers running around killing people, pedophiles and rapists running around doing their thing, they need to be executed so it can decrease the crime.

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One con about the death penalty is that it gives dangerous criminals a easy way out when they should be in jail the rest of their life.

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Th death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment because some criminals deserve to get what they dish out.

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I think it isn't right to kill someone and for those who have done serious crimes would have a harder time staying in jail for life. And what if someone is accused and they kill them and they end up being innocent.

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I think that the death penalty is wrong and cruel for the most part, but there are some reasons or cases where a person might have to get the death penalty.

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One pro thing about the death penalty is that it saves money.

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One con thing about the death penalty is that it is cruel and the person could be innocent

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The negative thing about the death penalty is the way that they use to kill them .

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Yes , I do think the death penalty is cruel and an unusual punishment , we should get rid of it and just go to jail for life.

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People minds can change after a few years and they have a new mindset.

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it helps the murder to not commit another murder :D

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i think that the death penalty should be rid of because again i think that no human should have the right to kill another person. Also , I think that people can change of have a change of heart such as people like Stan Tookie William.

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I think we should keep the death penalty because it scares people to do not commit crimes

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I think we should keep the death penalty for people that do crazy crimes

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it is not humane and can not be undone.

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Less crimes are being committed because the 8th amendment deters bad people to do heinous crimes.

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32 states plus the US government use lethal injection as their primary method.

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Something I found interesting on the death penalty fact sheet was that the number of death sentences per year have dropped dramatically since 1999.

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I don’t care what anyone says, I don’t think anything positive comes out of taking someone else’s life.

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One negative thing about the death penalty is that it cannot be taken back.

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I do feel as though the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment. No human being deserves to get their life taken away based on the decision of others. I do feel as though the death penalty should be taken away because it is inhumane and there are other consequences criminals can deal with.