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Death Penalty “McVeigh, whose attack on the building was the most deadly act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history, became the first federal prisoner to be executed in the United States in 38 years. He has been convicted of murder, conspiracy and mass weapons charges for the April 19 1995, blast that destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and left 700 people wounded in addition to those killed” (Gorin 1). This is one example why people are put to death row or executed. Since ancient times people have been executed either by hanging, electric chair, injection or any other way, but in past few years there has been a debate going on about should we still, in our modern times, put people to death penalty. It has been reported that many mistakes, which are now being discovered by use of DNA testing, have been made and that death -sentencing had overall reversal rates that exceeded 68% in past 23 years (Weinstein 1). Also these have been shown that use of death penalty didn’t decrease murder rates in US and neither did it lower the criminilism. There fore use of death penalty should be abolished. The use of death penalty dates back to a long time. It is said that the first known execution goes back to 1622 in the Colony of Virginia for the crime of theft. The nation started to make notes and keep records of and about death penalty in 1930.
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