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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Many death penalty states have no working public defender systems whose resources might parallel those of the district attorneys' offices.
Many states responded to Furman by developing and enacting new and improved death penalty statutes.
Death penalty litigation, especially in states such as Alabama should be reviewed due to the many flaws in the system.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Death penalty debate The United States, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iran are the world’s most frequent users of capital punishment.
State legislatures will continue to be important battlegrounds for anti-death penalty and pro-moratorium activists.
Use of the death penalty in the United States is considered to be a violation of human rights within the United Nations community.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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All states which allow the use of the death penalty against mentally impaired defendants should enact legislation to prevent this practice.
The death penalty is about retribution, not justice; Americans seem to have confused the 2 and made their States into vengance killers, acting for their citizens.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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After the death penalty was reinstated, the Court required states to ensure that death sentences would be meted out consistently.
In nine death penalty states, judges determine whether a defendant is to receive a death sentence.
States which have the death penalty do not have lower rates of violent crime than states without the death penalty.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Death penalty must be examined by states George Ryan, outgoing governor of Illinois, should be commended for his stance on the death penalty.
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