Together, that adds up to 197 votes. If you add in three swing states that havenât voted Republican for president since 1988 (Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) that gets a Democratic nominee up to 247, or just 23 swing-state electoral votes short of the 270 needed to win the presidency.
Why the Death Penalty should be abolished. The risk of executing innocent people exists in any justice system There have been and always will be cases of executions of innocent people.No matter how developed a justice system is, it will always remain susceptible to human failure. Unlike prison sentences, the death penalty is irreversible and irreparable.urthermore, the death penalty undermines human dignity which is inherent to every human being. The death penalty does not deter crime effectively The death penalty lacks the deterrent effect which is commonly referred to by its advocates.
Like there are some countries, which have totally done away with the death penalty, there are some states in the United States, who have abolished the death penalty. On the other hand, there are some states, where the death penalty has been suspended and there are some states, where it continues to exist. This brings us to the question, how many states have the death penalty. There are 34 states in the United States, which continue to have the death penalty.