31 states in america have the death penalty in 2017.
31 states in america have the death penalty in 2017.
how many states in america have the death penalty 2017?
31
johan alsema – death penalty, after pardon commuted to life sentence









































paul m.c.a. america – death penalty, after pardon commuted to 15 years









































jacobus j.c. baas – death penalty, after pardon commuted to life sentence









































dirk f.k. bakker – death penalty, after pardon commuted to life sentence









































sjimon de bakker – death penalty, after pardon commuted to life sentence









































jan van barneveld – death penalty, after pardon commuted to 15 years









































herman p.m. bartelsman – death penalty, executed 06-03-1947









































wilhelm j. bekkers – death penalty, after pardon commuted to life sentence
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the anti-death penalty movement rose again in response to the reinstatement of capital punishment in many states. in the courts, the movement's response has yielded certain limitations on the death penalty's application. for example, juveniles, the mentally ill, and the intellectually disabled can no longer be executed. however, the supreme court also made it more difficult to allege racial discrimination within the capital punishment process. during this era, the movement diversified its efforts beyond those of litigation and lawyers, to include a wide range of organizations that attacked the death penalty legislatively. some of the most influential organizations who continue to work against capital punishment today include amnesty international usa, the american civil liberties union, the naacp legal defense and education fund, and the national coalition to abolish the death penalty. the works of these organizations have brought about various restrictions on the use of capital punishment at the state level, including several statewide moratoriums and bans on capital punishment. as a result, some scholars consider the american death penalty to be relatively vulnerable in this contemporary period. through both litigation and activism, the anti-death penalty movement has specifically targeted lethal injection as an unacceptable method of execution. by pressuring pharmaceutical manufacturers and raising awareness about protracted, painful, or "botched" execution attempts, activists have achieved some success at limiting the number of executions carried out. contemporary activism and advocacy has also highlighted the possibility of executing innocent people, an issue that has gained salience as dna testing has established the innocence of several death-row convicts. the innocence project has gained widespread recognition for its efforts to clear convictions using dna evidence. finally, many contemporary arguments focus on the greater cost of the death penalty compared to alternate sentences, which has attracted strong support in some state legislatures.
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