Death_Penalty

Death Penalty  “THE DEATH PENALTY” The death penalty, or capital punishment which ever term you wish to use came into effect around the late 1960's, since then there are thirty-eight states with the death penalty; Georgia included, and twelve states without. Since the enactment of the death penalty in 1976 until today there has been a total of eight hundred and four people put to death, and about 4,000 intimates waiting to be executed. There are a lot of mixed emotions when it comes to the death penalty. Some people believe that the carrying out of the death penalty goes against a persons eighth and fourteenth amendment rights, and others believe that it will help deter crime. Many feel that the death penalty is such a cruel way to punish a person that they would rather them spend life in prison without parole. death, penalty, million, cost, sentence, years, jury, state, inmates, under, row, must, 1997, without, trial, person, increase, defendant, appeals, same, plus, parole, life, federal, except, capital, both, been, attorneys, annual, 1987, 2%, suspect, states, put