The death penalty and human rights.
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Under our federal system of government, every state, and the federal government, has its own set of criminal laws. This means that Congress and each state legislature must determine whether to enact capital punishment in its jurisdiction. Today, 38 states and the federal government have death-penalty laws. These laws apply only to first-degree murders, those done with deliberation and calculation. Only 12 states do not have capital punishment (Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Lancet
دوره 1 8646 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989