The death penalty is an extremely controversial issue. Though the supreme court abolished the death penalty in 1972, it was later reinstated in 1976 and continues to this day, most prominently in Texas. Find out more about death penalty and related issues in the infographic below.
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Research and design by the Criminal Justice Degrees Site.
This infographic is wrong as the state of Nebraska has 3 executions since 1976
The chart is unreliable. Arizona fries 4-6 per yer for the psat 20 years