From all of the materials that I have read to write this paper, it appears that the Untied States is one of the leading countries that use the death penalty. In the countries of Europe, Canada, Australia the death penalty has been totally outlawed. In the US forty of our fifty states caries out the death penalty with a total of some 3,300 inmates on death row.

All criminals that are up for being sentenced for death must have their case reviewed by the Commission on the Federal Death Penalty if it is held at the Federal Court level. This commission is compiled of a total of 15 members. There are three Federal prosecutors; three attorneys experienced in capital defense, two former Federal judges, two members of Federal law enforcement, and five persons with expertise in the matters. The President, Att

orney General, and Chairman choose all of these people. Ranking Members of the Committees of Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Senate make up the rest of the committee.

This commission monitors all cases at the Federal level in which the convicted felon is sentences to the death penalty. They make sure that the cases sentence is fair, just, equality, and follows due process. Wrongful convictions are another main focal point for the commission. They have to be totally sure that the criminal should be sentences to the death penalty. One recent way of assuring that they have the rite person is to include DNA testing in the case when available, when this is introduces into a case it is a fail-safe method of assuring that they have the rite criminal. In all the commission is there to make sure that every procedure is carried out correctly to have a fair trail.

There are still two politicians in the run for Presidency, Al Gore being one of them. Each politician has views that he tries to convey to the people to show what he is for and against. So to better educate them about what kind of person he is and what kind of president he will make. On the topic of the death penalty he has many different reasons for why he is for the death penalty. Gore says: " I strongly support the inquiry under way right now in the US Justice Department to see whether or not the racial disparity on the surface of the data justifies action of a kind that they're now exploring. I do support the death penalty, but I do not support a moratorium at this time. This inquiry in the Justice Department should be pursue" His concern of protecting the members of law enforcement is very high on his list. He is pulling more money to supply more bulletproof jackets, as well as pushing to expand the death penalty to kingpins, as well as criminals that kill police of!

The death penalty is on the other hand not a good thing in the matter of money. In the state of Texas it costs a total of $86.08 per day to incarcerate a prisoner on death row. Which seems to be one of the highest per day costs, most likely due to the high numb

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