The Costs of the Death Penalty in the United States Capital punishment has existed in the US since colonial times. Since then, more than 13,000 people have been legally executed. Today, there are only twelve states which do not have the death penalty: Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as Washington D.C. The locations of these states are important because they illustrate the …showed first 75 words of 1903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1903 total…controversial issue. Bibliography Bibliography 1. American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network www.aclu.org/library/case_against_death.html 2. Capital Punishment: Arguments for Life and Death www.cpa.ca/cjbs/1996/ful_ogloff.html 3. Capital Punishment; the Death Penalty www.religioustolerance.org/execute.html 4. Death Penalty Information Center www.essential.org/dpic/dpic.r08.html 5. Death Penalty and Sentencing Information www.prodeathpenalty.com/DP.html 6. Justice Center Web Site www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/history.html