Figure 1 The death penalty in the USA
There are arguments for and against the death penalty. You can research what these are. Here are some statistics and a map summarising the data on executions and which states have the death penalty.
■ The first recorded death penalty carried out in the British North American colonies was in 1608 on Captain George Kendall who was executed in Jamestown colony for allegedly spying for the Spanish government.
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