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Essay Archive - The Death Penalty Should Continue to be Used in the U.S.
The Death Penalty Should Continue to be Used in the U.S.
Ever since the death penalty has been declared constitutional in 1976,
thousands of people have been placed on death row and 314 of them have been
executed.( Yaffe,1) Thirty-eight states now allow the death penalty, with New
York being the last to adapt this legislation last March. Massachusetts and
Iowa have been trying to pass a law that would to allow the death penalty to be
used in their states. Capital punishment is most often saved for murder and
sometimes arson, treason, burglary, and forcible rape of a 14 year old....
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