Title: What makes someone eligible for the death penalty? | Yahoo Answers
Headings: What makes someone eligible for the death penalty?
What makes someone eligible for the death penalty?
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Content: For more about this take a look at http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state_by_state especially at whether a defendant can get death for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder? Also you can have a look at http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/arbitrariness
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Kini
Lv 7
1 decade ago
The death penalty is the sentence in very few cases before the court. Each state has its own laws and sentences vary depending on a lot of factors. Sometimes there are plea bargains made in exchange for information so the death penalty is off the table. Even when death penalty is imposed there are so many appeals it takes 10 to 20 years for an execution. Are you thinking about the 5 men accused of terrorism? That is a different thing than plain old murder. ...Show more
Anonymous
1 decade ago
Depends on the state they are in, as every state makes their own rules regarding this. Most of the time it has to be a case of pre-meditated murder. Where you planned it out beforehand.