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1. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › dpicThe Death Penalty in 2021 : Year End Report

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   Dec 16, 2021 · An online poll of Ohio registered voters, released in January 2021, found that 54% preferred some form of life in prison to the death penalty (34%) as the punishment for murder. After being provided information on innocence, costs, and other issues, 59% favored replacing the death penalty with life without parole.

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2. deathpenalty.procon.org › topTop 10 Pro & Con Arguments - Death Penalty - ProCon.org

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   Sep 21, 2021 · Innocence. Morality. Medical Professionals’ Participation. Federal Death Penalty. 1. Legality. The United States is one of 55 countries globally with a legal death penalty, according to Amnesty International. As of Mar. 24, 2021, within the US, 27 states had a legal death penalty (though 3 of those states had a moratorium on the punishment ...

3. www.newsweek.com › capital-punishment-still-servesCapital Punishment Still Serves Its Purpose. Don't Abolish It

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   Nov 19, 2021 · The death penalty remains popular, broadly speaking: In 2020, Gallup reported that Americans favored maintaining the death penalty for convicted murderers by a 55 percent to 43 percent margin.

4. cqpress.sagepub.com › cqr_ht_death_penalty_2021CQ Researcher - Death Penalty - SAGE Publications Inc

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   Aug 6, 2021 · In March, Virginia became the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and polls show public support for capital punishment is declining although a majority still approve. States executed seven prisoners last year, the fewest since 1983 when there were five. One important reason was the COVID-19 pandemic, as states limited trials and executions ...

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6. www.latimes.com › politics › newsletter‘Culture’ issues are complex. Look at the death penalty ...

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   Jun 4, 2021 · By 2019, backing for the death penalty had fallen to some 6 in 10 Americans. That’s about where it has remained since. In the most recent Pew survey, 60% of American adults said they supported ...

7. www.nytimes.com › 2021/01/20 › learningShould the Death Penalty Be Abolished? - The New York Times

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   Jan 20, 2021 · Published Jan. 20, 2021 Updated July 22, 2021. ... The death penalty is a difficult issue for many Americans on moral, religious and policy grounds. But as a legal issue, it is straightforward. ...

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   Is the death penalty still legal?

   • The death penalty has been abolished in 22 states and 106 countries, yet it is still legal at the federal level in the United States. Does your state or country allow the death penalty? Do you believe governments should be allowed to execute people who have been convicted of crimes? Is it ever justified, such as for the most heinous crimes?

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   Why did Virginia abolish the death penalty in 2021?

   • Virginia’s historic abolition of the death penalty on March 24, 2021, highlighted the U.S.’s death-penalty erosion. The commonwealth — which from colonial times had carried out more executions than any other U.S. jurisdiction — became the first southern state to end capital punishment.

   Year End Report - Death Penalty Information Center

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   Is the death penalty still popular?

   • The death penalty remains popular, broadly speaking: In 2020, Gallup reported that Americans favored maintaining the death penalty for convicted murderers by a 55 percent to 43 percent margin. But that support has fallen a long way from the 80 percent to 16 percent margin Gallup found on the same question back in 1994.

   Capital Punishment Still Serves Its Purpose. Don't Abolish It

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   Is the death penalty a moral punishment?

   • Proponents who argue that the death penalty is a moral punishment state that “an eye for an eye” is justified to promote a good and just society than shuns evil. Opponents who argue that the death penalty is an immoral punishment state that humans should not kill other humans, no matter the reasons, because killing is killing.

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   What percentage of Americans favored the death penalty?

   • The figure was the lowest since 50% of respondents in March 1972 told Gallup they favored the death penalty and matched the record-low 54% of Americans in the May 2020 Gallup Values and Beliefs Poll who said the death penalty was “morally acceptable.”

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   Is there a place for the death penalty?

   • “There is no place today for the death penalty in this commonwealth, in the South, or in this nation.” — Governor Ralph Northam, signing historic legislation making Virginia the 23rd U.S. state and the first in the South to abolish capital punishment “I recall the look on his face.

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9. www.economist.com › united-states › 2021/01/21Use of the death penalty in America may be ending - The Economist

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   Jan 21, 2021 · On the face of it, yes. President Joe Biden has said he will end the federal death penalty, even as states execute ever fewer people. For some cash-strapped ones, the high cost of the death ...