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(in the US) The law and the punishment was passed by the legislatures of the various territories and states. At one time every US state enforced a death penalty. Today (2011) 35 states plus the federal Government and the US Military still enforce a death penalty, while in the past several years the legislators of the other states have rescinded their state's capital punishment laws.

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11y ago

The death penalty is not a new idea. Rulers of various types have been killing people throughout human history, and pre-history. Petty tribal chieftains, long before the rise of civilization, were having people put to death. This appears to be the ultimate basis for all concepts of human authority. Obey or die.

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Unanswerable. Death is a 'penalty' which has been applied since the dawn of mankind.

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Capital Punishment has been in use since ancient times; and was probably in common use during the stone age.

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