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How to Abolish the Death Penalty

Description:According to Amnesty International, 70 countries permit the death penalty. During 2007, 24 countries, 88% in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States alone, executed 1,252 people. Here in California, one of 36 states with the death penalty, the death penalty system costs taxpayers $114 million per year beyond the costs of keeping convicts locked up for life. In this segment Elisabeth Semel explains the establishment of the death penalty and ways to abolish it. (3:00)

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