Notes-E2

1.How many people were given capital punishment in California since 1976 The numbers of capital punishment are decreasing in the United States. There were 300 capital punishments in the 1998 and now there are 143 in 2003. 2. For what crimes were they given capital punishment?

In **California**. First-degree murder with special circumstances;train wrecking;treason; perjury causing execution 3. What is the relationship to people given capital punishment to people who commit similar types of crimes?

The relationship between the people who commit similar is that they get the same torture nothing more or nothing less.

4.Have any juveniles been given capital punishment?

For thirty- one states juveniles are not do not have death penalty. California is one of them. But states such as Texas, South and North Carolina, Louisiana, Missouri, Georgia, Virginia, and Oklahoma are now banned. Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Nevada still accept death penalty for juveniles but none have current penalties for them.

5.What is the number of women who have been given capital punishment?

Women account for about 1 in 10 (10%) murder arrests; women account for only 1 in 50 (2.0%) death sentences imposed at the trial level; women account for only 1 in 70 (1.4%) persons presently on death row. Women account for only 1 in 97 (1.1%) persons actually executed in the modern era.

6. Do both [|women] and [|men] get capital punishment equally?

Death sentences and actual executions for female offenders are different in comparison to such events for male offenders. In fact, women are more likely to be dropped out of the capital punishment system progresses.

7.Are all races given capital punishment equally?

When it comes to capital punishment, race is not supposed to matter. But in Philadelphia it clearly does. Murders by blacks are treated as more severe. For black defendants legitimate aggravating cause great harm, fear or pain. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=6&did=483