States alone there have been 4047 executions
             since 1930, and 188 were from 1977-1996. In 1996, there were a total
             of 15,168,100 arrests; 33,050 for forcible rape; 1,506,200 involving
             drug violations and 19,020 for murder and non-negligent manslaughter.
             The death penalty was enforced 45 times. The death penalty is an
             expensive punishment, since 1976 the united states have spent 700
             million dollars in it. Methods of the death penalty include lethal
             injection, gas chamber, electric chair, hanging and fire squad. In a
             1986 poll 70% of Americans favored the death penalty as a punishment
             There have been many comparisons of crime rates of death
             penalty states to non- death penalty states. These clearl
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