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[4] Although 31 states still retain the death penalty, only 7 of them actually carried out executions in 2014. [5] Twenty-six states have carried out executions during the last ten years; [6] the remaining 7 states, the U.S. Federal Government, and the U.S. Military are de facto abolitionist by U.N. standards.
Capital punishment, often referred to as the death penalty, has been used as a method of crime deterrence since the earliest societies.Historical records show that even the most ancient primitive tribes utilized methods of punishing wrongdoers, including taking their lives, to pay for the crimes they committed.apital punishment, often referred to as the death penalty, has been used as a method of crime deterrence since the earliest societies.