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.
The last executions UK took place in 1964, and the death penalty was abolished in 1998. In 2004 the UK became a party to the 13th Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights and prohibited the restoration of the death penalty.eath penalty, capital punishment, or execution is the legal process of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. Modern History of Death Penalty. 1608 - Earliest death penalty in the British American Colonies handed out for treason.