1. Vanessa Ott Period 2 Honors American History

2.  Death Penalty  Planned taking of a human life  Government’s Response to a crime committed

3.  “Ultimate denial of human rights”  “Violates the right to life”  “In-human and degrading punishment”  “Some defendants have earned the ultimate punishment  “Life is sacred”  “ Society has no right to keep the murder from killing again”  Teach that killing is wrong by killing

4.  Has not always been practiced in U.S  About 13,000 people have been executed  Peak in the depression era  1972- nullified the death penalty  1976-2009 1,167 people have been executed

5.  Democratic countries in Europe have abolished capital punishment over last 50 years.  In the US government retain it  Crimes vary from treason-murder-theft

6.  Officially sanctioned by 34 states  Each state has different laws regarding  Laws, Methods, Age limits, Crimes which qualify

7.  The case of “ Stanley “Tookie” Williams  Dr. Williams, author &Nobel Peace & Literature Prize Nominee  Put to death on December 13, 2005  Brought capital punishment back into debate

8.  Williams convicted for four murders  Professed innocence of theses crimes  Co-founder of the crips  Gang that is responsible for hundreds of murders  Five years of incarnation  Religious conversion  Published books that promoted peace & anitgang activist

9.  Little doubt that he committed murders  No further threat to society  Contribute considerable good  Put to death on December 13,2005  lethal injection

10.  Someone who would cause more harm  Punish the criminal  Deter others from committing murder  Incapable of rehabilitation

11.  “Cruel and unusual punishment”  - prohibited by the 8 th amendment  Used disproportionately against poor  Wrongly convicted  Not “pro-life”

12.  Only used for aggravated murder  Some states have banned it  52 executions in 2009  Texas has the largest amount of executions

13.  Hanging  Electric Chair  Lethal injection  Gas Chamber  Firing Squad

14.  Many countries abolished it  Iran is the biggest executer of juvenile offenders  3, 350 sentenced to death in 51 countries  20,000 prisoners on death row across world

15.  Section of prisons awaiting execution  Found guilty then sentenced to execution  Remain on death row while during procedure  Form of mental cruelty  Become mentally ill  Death row phenomenon

16.  1913 Electric Chair “Old Smokey”  Unconstitutional -1972  Two Dozen removed from death row  Only 3 executed since 1976  Lethal Injection

17.  Annual cost - $137 million per year  Average cost of death case is $620,932  State pays to defend and prosecute death row inmates  “Life in imprisonment without parole”  Same result as capital punishment  Far less expensive

18.  Abolitionist for all crimes  - no death penalty for any crime  Abolitionist for ordinary crimes  - exceptional crimes only  Abolitionist in practice  retain for ordinary crimes – murder  Believed to have policy of non- executions present  Receptionist  Retains for ordinary crimes