A little information about the death penalty:
The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a government-imposed sanction by which a person is executed for committing an illegal offense. The United States is the only country in the Western world to retain this form of punishment. Consequently, it is the subject of much controversy. China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the United States are responsible for the majority of the world's executions. Most countries have abolished the death penalty.
--From "The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology"
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Source citations: Butler, Brooke. "Death Penalty." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, edited by Robert D. Morgan, vol. 1, SAGE Reference, 2019, pp. 351-356. Gale eBooks, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.greenriver.edu/apps/doc/CX7900300122/GVRL?u=aubu98092&sid=GVRL&xid=d471120c. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.
Pfeffer, Rebecca. "Innocence Project." American Prisons and Jails: An Encyclopedia of Controversies and Trends, edited by Vidisha Barua Worley and Robert M. Worley, vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, 2019, pp. 339-341. Gale eBooks, https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.greenriver.edu/apps/doc/CX7642700116/GVRL?u=aubu98092&sid=GVRL&xid=c6f4a864. Accessed 18 Aug. 2020.
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