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Pros & Cons of the Death Penalty

By Deborah White, About.com Guide

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* death penalty

* amnesty international

* executions

* tookie williams

* troy davis

Photo taken on June 29, 2009 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Capital punishment, also dubbed the "death penalty," is the pre-meditated and planned taking of a human life by a government in response to a crime committed by that legally convicted person.

Passions in the US are sharply divided, and equally strong among both supporters and protesters of the death penalty.

Arguing against capital punishment, Amnesty International believes that "The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state in the name of justice. It violates the right to life...It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. There can...