Death Penalty
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Capital punishment , also known as the death penalty , is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. 15 years In 2010, a death row inmate waited an average of 178 months (roughly 15 years) between sentencing and execution. Nearly a quarter of inmates on death row in the U.S. die of natural causes while awaiting execution. There were 2,721 people on death row in the United States on October 1, 2018. Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate , paralytic , and potassium solution ) for the express purpose of causing rapid death . The main application for this procedure is capital punishment. 30 States have Death Penalty 3 States Inactive 17 States banned Death Penalty There was no specific right to appeal a criminal case granted by the Constitution of the United States. The right to appeal a case may be inferred ...