Capitol punishment has existed throughout most of our nations's history. More than five hundred and twenty-five men and women have been put to death by the state. Thirty-five hundred people are now on death row. During 1996, at least four thousand two hundred and seventy-two prisoners are known to have been executed in thirty-nine countries. By the mid-1960's, public opposition to the death penalty have reached a high.
There are those, however, who have the opposing view of being for the death penalty. The pro side says, "Once a murderer, always a murderer". In 1981, Jack Henry Abbot was a convicted murderer. Less than six weeks after his release from a Utah prison, Abbot killed again. Pro capitol punishment supporters believe that some
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