Capital Punishment

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penalty is prescribe by law at the time of its commission. 2. Persons below eighteen years of age, pregnant women, new mothers or persons who have become insane shall not be sentenced to death. 3. Capital punishment may be imposed only when guilt is determined by clear and convincing evidence leaving no room for an alternative explanation of the facts.
4. Capital punishment may be carried out only after a final judgment rendered by a competent court allowing all possible safeguards to the defendant, including
adequate legal assistance.
5. Anyone sentenced to death shall receive the right to appeal to a court of higher jurisdiction.
6. Capital punishment shall not be carried out pending any appeal, recourse procedure or proceeding relating
to pardon or commutation of the sentenced.
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In view of these safeguards, proponents of capital punishment believe that state executions are justified sentences for those convicted of willful first-degree murder. They do not think sentencing murderers to prison is a harsh...