Notes-A2

1.What is capital punishment? Capital punishment in the US is officially sanctioned by 38 of the 50 states ,as well by the federal government.The overwhelming majority of executions are performed by the states;the fedral government maintains the right to use capital punishment(also known as the death penalty)but does so infrequently.Each state practicing cpital punishment have different laws regarding its methods,age limits ,and crimes wich qualify. [|www.dictionary.com]

2.Are there any alternatives for capital punishment? There is really no alternatives for capital punishment there is just the alternative to be in prison.

3.What type of executin method does California currently use? Currently lethal injection is the method used or allowed in 37 of the 38 states wich allow the death penalty and by federal government.

4.What is it meant by Pro capital punishment? What is meant is that you agree with the capital punishment that you are not against it.

5.What is meant by Con(anti capital punisment)? What Con means is that you agree with the capital punishment.

6.Moratorium means? Moratorium means that something gets suspended for example the capital punishment they just suspend it for days or months.

7.How many people were given capital punishment in California in the last 10 years?There were more than 120 executions over the past 10 years.

8.How many people were given capital punishment in California since 1976? There have been more than 200 executions since 1976.

9.For what crimes were the given capital punishment? The really big crime that they get capital punishment is for murder.Also there has been several people that have given capital punishment if they rape someone.

10.What is the relationship to people given capital punishment to people who commit simmilar types of crimes? The relationship between people who get capital punishment and people who commit similae types of crimes is that they both did something wrong that was against the law and end up in jail for many years.

11.Have any juveniles given capital punishment? Yes juveniles have gotten the capital punishment for crimes that they commited because they are commiting the same crimes as older people.The minimum age at time of crime to be subjected to the death penalty is 18.Until March 2005,the US was one of the only 8 countries in the world to practice the death penalty on juveniles crimminals aged under 18 at the time of their crime.

12.What is the number of women who have been given capital punishment? Only 1.4% of those executed since 1976 have been women.

13.Do both Women and Men get capital punishment equally? Women and Men both get capital punishment equally.

14.Are all races given capital punishment equally? All races also get capital punishment equally.

15.Are all socio economic classes given capital punishment equally? Yes,but sometimes people with money get agood lawyer and they help protect them until it really shows that they have really committed the crime and poor people dont have money to get a good lawyer.