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The death penalty, Should - Coggle Diagram
The death penalty
Current status
23 states: abolished
Virginia last March (first in the South)
10 states: moratoriums
10 states: no execution in at least 10 yeas
Biden
Moratorium on the federal level under his presidency
Commute all federal capital sentences / refrain justice from using the death penalty
Trump
His term: 13 federal executions
2021: 11 total (historic low)
Americans are becoming skeptical (54% for it in 2021 / 80% in 1994)
Not deterrent
Expensive
Unfairly applied
2021: 2 exonerations
Since 1972: 186 exonerations (1/8.3)
Arbitrary / discriminatory
Most are black or poor
Even if it were not
Still an affront to human dignity
Should