DEATH PENALTY

Did you know that 31 states still use the death penalty? Ever wonder which ones?

Besides these states, the death penalty is also legal through the US government and US military. Though the death sentence varies depending on state law, someone is generally sent on death row with aggravated first-degree murder.

DID YOU KNOW?

Since 1973, over 150 people were released from the death sentence after proof of innocence.

"Let me just give you an answer that I suspect not everybody will agree with. I am against capital punishment in general. I think, as with so much violence in this world today, I just don't think the state itself, whether it's the state government or federal government, should be in the business of killing people. So when you have people who have done terrible, terrible things they're gonna spend the rest of their lives in jail, and that's a pretty harsh punishment."

"One of the first things I'd do in terms of executive order, if I win, will be to sign a strong, strong statement that would go out to the country, out to the world, anybody killing a police man, a police woman, a police officer, anybody killing a police officer, the death penalty is going to happen."

"I do not favor abolishing it, however, because I do think there are certain egregious cases that still deserve the consideration of the death penalty, but I'd like to see those be very limited and rare, as opposed to what we've seen in most states."