 
 <translate> Question: Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United States, currently used by 31 states, the federal government, and the military. Its existence can be traced to the beginning of the American colonies. The United States is the only Western country currently applying the death penalty, one of 58 countries worldwide applying it, and was the first to develop lethal injection as a method of execution, which has since been adopted by five other countries.

How many states in america use the death penalty?
Stream-of-consciousness: The relevant sentence in the passage is: Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United States, currently used by 31 states, the federal government, and the military. <ibo> Ajụjụ: Ọnwụ bụ ntaramahụhụ iwu kwadoro na United States, nke steeti 31, gọọmenti etiti, na ndị agha ji eme ihe ugbu a. A pụrụ ịmata mmalite ya site ná mmalite nke ógbè ndị America na-achị. United States bụ naanị mba dị n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ nke na-etinye ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ ugbu a, otu n'ime mba 58 n'ụwa niile na-etinye ya n'ọrụ, ọ bụkwa onye mbụ mepụtara ọgwụ na-egbu egbu dị ka usoro ogbugbu, nke mba ise ndị ọzọ nakweere kemgbe ahụ.  Steeti ole n'Amerịka nwere ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ? Mmetụta uche: Nkebi ahịrịokwu dị mkpa dị n'amaokwu ahụ bụ: Ọnwụ bụ ntaramahụhụ iwu kwadoro na United States, nke steeti iri atọ na otu, gọọmentị etiti, na ndị agha na-eji ugbu a. 