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: 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. It doesnt really matter how many people you have killed. Some people get the death penalty for killing one person, others have killed dozens and did not receive it. This is one objection i have towards the death penalty-it is not carried out equally. ...Show more
Briggs
1 decade ago
got this from the New Hampshire Criminal Code. It varies state to state but typically you are convicted of capitol murder.