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The punishment of execution, administered to someone who has committed a capital offence such as Treason ”the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to overthrow the government.” Espionage ”the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.” and 1st degree Murders

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The death penalty started in Britain, America started implementing it into their justice system, U.S. state and federal governments have executed thousands of people by hanging, firing squad, electric chair, lethal gas, and lethal injection. China is the world's most active death penalty country.

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Proponents of the death penalty say it is an important tool for preserving law and order and costs less than life imprisonment.

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Opponents of capital punishment (the death penalty) argue that there are no circumstances under which taking a human life is justified. They think that society's interests are better served by placing criminals in jail, where they can do no further harm.

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Democrats believe that that death penalty should not be a part of our justice system , About 81 percent of Republicans favor the death penalty, making up a majority of Americans who support it.

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Republican supporters often argue that capital punishment will stop murders because no one wants to face the consequence of death.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the process used to condemn a Florida death row inmate was unconstitutional

The 8-1 ruling came in a challenge filed by death row inmate Timothy Lee Hurst, 37, convicted of murdering restaurant co-worker Cynthia Harrison, who was bound, gagged, and stabbed more than 60 times in 1998.

A jury recommended a death sentence for Hurst, but it was the judge who held a separate hearing and determined there were sufficient aggravating circumstances to impose the death penalty, the high court said.