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THE DEATH PENALTY
By Caitlin Swirbul
The death penalty keeps crime
lower. But why kill a
criminal to show that killing is wrong?
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DNA Innocence Project
Is the death penalty a popular punishment?
Death Penalty, good or bad?
What is the
death penalty?
This picture shows an electric chair
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DNA Innocence Project
Is the death penalty a popular
punishment?
Death penalty, good or
bad?
What is the death penalty? What is the death penalty?
The death penal ty is when someone is put to death by the s tate, e i ther as an act of deserved punishment or to be sure th is cr iminal does not commit fu ture cr imes.
You can get the death penal ty by murder ing someone, k idnapping someone ending wi th that person dy ing, or h i jack ing an a i rcraf t ! Hi jack ing an a i rcraf t was not or ig inal ly something you can do to get the death penal ty but i t became one because of 9/11 ( the p lane crash in to the twin towers)!
The death penal ty is of ten deserved as capi ta l punishment . Capi ta l punishment is a lso known as a term that is Lat in cal led capi ta l is ! Capi ta l is means head, which descr ibes that h is tor ica l ly capi ta l punishment involved los ing your head! ! !
POWER WORDS!Capi ta l punishment : punishment by death or cr ime
THINK: Would you kill someone now that you no what the
Death Penalty is? This pie chart shows how many people of different races are on death row
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THINKWhat's your opinion on the death penalty?
POWER WORDS!Contributes: helps or gives to
WHY THE DEATH PENALTY IS GOOD:
*Justice is better served
*Less crimes will be committed by other criminals
WHY THE DEATH PENALTY IS BAD:
*It sends the wrong message, why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong?
*The prisoners family could suffer from having their loved ones put to death by the state
*There is a possibility that innocent men and women could get be put to death!
* It contributes to the over population in the prison cells
Death penalty, good or bad?
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Death penalty,
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What is the death penalty?
Is the death penalty a popular
punishment?The death penalty is used in many
states. For example, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Connecticut and many more. Some states that do not have the death penalty are Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont, Maine, and a few more. In total, There are 34 states with the death penalty and 16 without.
Texas has had 466 executions from 1976 until now. This is the highest number out of all of the United States. The least executions were in Connecticut, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota. They all had one execution.
In 2005, the Supreme Court made a law that juveniles could not get the death penalty. Also, in 2002, the Supreme court made a law that people with mental disabilities could not get the death penalty.
POWER WORDS!Executions: being killed because of committing a crimeJuveniles: person under age 18 in jail
This graph shows the execution by region in the USA
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Death penalty,
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What is the death penalty?DNA Innocence Project
The DNA Innocence Project is a project that two men named Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld invented. This project is supposed to help find out if prisoners are innocent. For more than 15 years, the project has worked to free innocent people. The DNA testing is used to protect the innocent and identify the guilty. Before the DNA Innocence Project, people would get killed before even taking their DNA test. This means they could have been innocent and a criminal was still out there.
Some examples of DNA testing are fingerprints and hair samples. Since every finger print is different, then it’s easier to find a criminal. Also, every person’s DNA is different.
POWER WORDS!DNA testing: using body samples to figure out a person’s identity
A DNA strand.
Fingerprint sheet from police station
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Death Penalty, good
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To learn more about the perils of The Death Penalty,
go to the websites below:http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/NBC_News_tonight_DNA_shakes_up_forensic_science.php
www.balancedpolotics.org
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