Death penalty, is it good or bad? Through the Federal Government, 38 of the 50 states have death penalty laws, and public opinion polls in the last decade have generally indicated that the majority of Americans favor capital punishment. The death penalty is needed in the country do to the high crime rate and violence. It helps as a deterred, stopping people from committing crime, such as murder. With the death penalty it also brings closure to …showed first 75 words of 768 total…

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