Capital Punishment
"He who sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for in
the image of God was man created."(Genesis 9:6) "Anyone who by violence causes
a death must be put to death."(Exodus 21:12) "But should any person dare to
kill another with deliberate planning, you will take that person even from my
altar to be put to death."(Exodus 21:14)
Capital Punishment can be described as a the punishment of death for a
very bad or heinous crime like murder. Not all states have got capital
punishment, otherwise known as the "Death Penalty." The states which do not have
this type of punishment are Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North ...
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death penalty.
Each state which carries a death sentence has got their own requirements that a
person must meet to decide whether they get life in prison, or the sentence of
death. Below is each state which carries a death sentence and the requirements
that a person must meet and be convicted of in order to receive the death
sentence.
In Alabama in order to receive the death penalty you must murder during
a kidnapping, robbery, rape, sodomy, burglary, sexual assault, or arson. Also,
someone would get the death penalty if they murdered a peace officer,
correctional officer, public official, or murder under a life sentence. They're
many more but they are kind of useless to my paper. In the state of Arizona,
the only way you could receive the death penalty was if you committed first
degree murder and had one of ten "aggravating" factors associated with the
murder. In Arkansas you must kill someone with arson, kill a law enforcement
officer on purpose, a teacher or school worker, ...
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destructive devices which result in death, and
capital drug trafficking."(AOL1) In Georgia its about the same with the
exception of hijacking an airplane when someone dies. For the state of
Illinois, if you commit first degree murder with atleast only one of fourteen
aggravating circumstances, you will be sentenced to death. It seems hardest to
get the death penalty in Indiana because you must murder someone and include all
fourteen aggravating circumstances. Kansas is roughly the same as in Colorado
but if you killed two people in the same incident you will most likely get the
death penalty also. In Kentucky, you could possibly get the death penalty
without even killing someone ...
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