1. Jeslind Lugo Malavé GMP6010 Prof. J. Castro

2. Is the ultimate punishment, it is the capital punishment.

5.  If you kill a police officer/ jail warden.  Murder whilst kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson (fire).  Murder by a state prison inmate who is serving a life sentence for any of five offences.  Multiple murders (serial Killer)  Murder during prison escape.  Murder of an individual under 6 years old.

6.  Punished the criminal for his/her acts.  Provides closure for victims of crime.  Improves the community by making sure that convicted criminals do not offend again.  An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

7.  Executions cost taxpayers far more than keeping a prisoner for life.  States are unable to prevent accidental executions of innocent people.  Race plays a role in determining who is sentenced to death.  Capital punishment violates the principles of almost every religion.

12.  On March 31, 2009, a jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, recommended a death sentence for Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez, Jr. for the murder of two children on the Florida Turnpike in 2006. The defendants also were convicted of murdering the children's parents and received life sentences for that crime. All the victims were Hispanic. The father of the children was allegedly killed because of a drug debt. The reputed kingpin of the drug operation did not receive a death sentence. On May 13, 2009 both Troya and Sanchez were formally sentenced to death.