Americans seek that justice is done and to seek this justice, many turn to the death penalty. ... Henry VIII the ruler of England from 1509 to 1547 prescribed the death penalty for anyone who imagined the death of the King. ... The death penalty has seen its greatest use during wars and revolutions. ... By the 1830s and 1840s, the anti-death-penalty movement began to have a significant impact. ... New York later reinstated the death penalty law with death by lethal injection. ...

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Thus, since the Constitution permits the death penalty it should be made legal everywhere. In the event that the death penalty is implemented in all the states and is carried through in a fast and consistent manner, then the death penalty would also serve as a deterrent. ... In addition, we can see that the death penalty is a deterrent not only in the US, but also in Saudi Arabia where a quick and constant use of the death penalty have created a society where violent crime is rare (Lowe, 2000). ... When the death penalty is implemented in a consistent manner, it does act as a deterrent. ....

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Some who oppose the death penalty want to televise executions with hopes that it would reduce public support for the death penalty; some who support the death penalty oppose it on this same basis. ... Then there is a second trial that decides if they should receive the death penalty (this is for the 38 states that have the death penalty). ... This procedure is followed by all states that carry the death penalty. ... There are also some con's against the death penalty. ... It cost a lot of money to hold a death penalty trial. ...

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