the death penalty. "In the United States capital punishment is legal in about two-thirds of the states"(viewpoints 12). Out of all the US states only 12 states have stopped the use of the death penalty when Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Portugal, have all abolished the death penalty many decades ago. These are just a few of the countries that haven't allowed capital punishment to be used for any criminals. But there are also many countries that still use the death penalty. "During 1998 there were at least 1,625 prisoners executed in thirty-seven countries"(Day 9), which also shows that many other countries practice the death penalty the same way as us. In most of the states that do allow th
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