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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Introduction Capital Punishment or Death Penalty is a penalty of death imposed on a criminal convicted of a serious crime. ... The usual alternative to the death penalty is a long-term or life imprisonment. ... Internationally, the United States is one of the leaders in the use of the death penalty. ... In the Philippines, a law was passed in 1993 re-imposing the death penalty after its abolition. ... According to the anti-death penalty advocates most people who were sentenced to death are poor people. ...

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