By 1800, more than 200 capital crimes were recognized, and as a result, 1000 or more persons were sentenced to death each year although most sentences were commuted by royal pardon. ... Opponents counter that there is no valid statistical evidence supporting the assertion that crimes are deterred by the death penalty, and that capital offenders can just as easily be prevented from committing further crimes by a life sentence with no possibility of parole. ... Since 1994, 995 Filipinos have been sentenced to death. ... A cardiac monitor and a stethoscope are attached, and the two saline i...

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Maximum security prisons and Life Sentence without possibility of parole. ... This is more in conformity with the dignity of the human person and in line with the good of the public. ... (Click here for full text of US bishops' 1980 Statement on Capital Punishment) "It is time to abandon the death penalty -- not just because of what it does to those who are executed, but because of how it diminishes all of us... ... I am against state-sanctioned killing not because of a partisan political position or religious scruple, but because it is illogical and it does not work. ... We h...

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In the 13th century, England replaced mutilation with hanging, as there method of execution. ... So capital punishment in America started with the belief, that to maintain control there must be some kind of justice system set up to where the Nation as well as the individual State has the power to punish the most serious of criminals without regard or hesitation. ... Some equate the American death penalty with the Nazi holocaust. ... There is also the argument over the cost of death row prisoners compare prisoners who have been given a sentence of life without parole. ... Not only were they at ...

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These questions are very difficult to answer because both have strong points to this ongoing debate. ... If they are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by 12 of their peers, they are sentenced a to life term. ... If they are sentenced to death, they are placed on death row where they wait for an appeal by the Supreme Court or wait for death by execution. ... This is because most murders are spontaneous and reacting on emotion. ... States started to restrict access in the 1830s through 'private execution' statutes to reduce unsightly public spectacles. ...

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Capital Punishment is a new idea or way of dealing with criminals. ... The first death penalty sentence to ever be recorded was that of 16th century B.C. in Egypt, where a noble was accused of performing magic. ... Most people during this time where killed with an ax. ... But we couldn't allow criminals free just because there was no longer a death penalty. ... When Edison Company, with its direct current, and Westinghouse Company, with its alternating current, began a com...

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