Political Issues: Death Penalty

Summary

Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head" (Latin caput). Hence, a capital crime was originally one punished by the severing of the head.
Capital punishment has in the past been practiced in virtually every society, although currently only 58 nations actively practice it, with 95 countries abolishing it (the remainder having not used it for 10 years or allowing it only in exceptional circumstances such as war). It is a matter of active controversy in various countries and states, and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region.

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External Links to Anti Death Penalty

Anti Death Penalty - Anti Death - Death Penalty Information Center Provides state-by-state information on executions, history of the death penalty, discusses mental retardation, race, innocence, deterrence, and botched execution.
Anti Death Penalty - Anti Death - Death Penalty Focus Dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.
Anti Death Penalty - Anti Death - National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Nonprofit organization decicated to the complete abolition of the death penalty both in the United States and abroad.

External Links to Pro Death Penalty

Pro Death Penalty - Pro Death - Clark County Prosecuting Attorney: The Death Penalty Offers statistics and information on the death penalty in Indiana and factual and legal summaries of cases since 1977. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney also includes a capital punishment timeline and list of U.S. executions since 1976.
Pro Death Penalty - Criminal Justice Legal Foundation - Pro-Death Penalty Organization Death Penalty Information Center - Anti-Death Penalty Database ...
Pro Death Penalty - When did countries begin to abolish the death penalty? Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times .... DP Info.com - Pro Death Penalty site ...

External Links to Non Partisan Death Penalty

Non Partisan Death Penalty - Iowans Against the Death Penalty (IADP) is an independent, non-partisan, non-sectarian, grass-roots organization committed to preventing reinstatement of ...
Non Partisan Death Penalty - Punishment: Death Penalty Offers history and background of the death penalty and links.
Non Partisan Death Penalty - Free balanced, non-partisan discussion of controversial social and policital issues ... Affirmative Action · Death Penalty · School Vouchers · Minimum Wage ...

References

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment