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The Death Penalty
After ten years of constitutional controversy during which there were no executions, in 1977 some American states began once again to execute condemned prisoners. The most common method is by lethal injection, followed by the electric chair and the gas chamber. Seeing that most Americans (67%) favor the death penalty ("capital punishment") for convicted murderers, it is likely to remain a popular means of punishment, despite outcry against it from inside and outside America. Next Section: Cryonics Death in America: Chapter Home
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