Megan Burr April 8, 2010 Period: 9

 Death penalty  Not always practiced  13,000 since colonial times  Great Depression increase then decrease

 No executions  1972 Supreme Court voided  Sent to jail  1976 Supreme Court engaged  execution of 1,167+

 Waiting punishment  Remain on during process  Mental cruelty  Become ill

 98 countries refrained from death penalty  58 followed through  9 exceptional circumstances  35 permit but don’t use  USA- 52  Saudi Arabia- 69+  Iran  Iraq  Syria- 8+  Yemen- 30+  Sudan- 9+  Viet Nam- 9+  Japan- 7  China

 China has the highest rate  3,350 in 51 countries  20,000 on death row across world  Texas has highest rate in USA

 Since 1600’s  Hanging  Burglary  Rape  Piracy  “Old Smokey”  1915 John Talap  First degree murder

 Hanging  Shooting  Beheading  Stoning  Injection  Gas chamber  Electrocution

 Protect innocence  No one will ever learn  Some deserve it  Life is sacred  Won’t keep them killing  Punishment  Incapable of rehabilitation

 Humans life  Never learn  Against religions  Injustice  Violates the right of life “We teach killing is wrong by killing.” - Catholic Cardinal McCarrick

 Cruel unusual punishment  Uneven  Not pro-life  8 th Amendment

 Annual cost $137 million/year  Average death case $620,932  State pays to defend the killing  Comes from the people

 Tax money keeps criminals in jail  Pay for criminals food and shelter  More tax = more time living  Keeping criminals on death row is more expensive

 350 wrongly accused  More tax = more time for appeal  Money goes to save

 Can be rehabilitated  Shouldn’t be a wait  “Equal punishment”  Not our money  Not half are wrongly accused