(in the US) Because they violate a statute which calls for a death penalty such as Murder - Rape - Treason - etc.
§34.1. Second degree battery Second degree battery is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury. For purposes of this article, serious bodily injury means bodily injury which involves unconsciousness, extreme physical pain or protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, or a substantial risk of death. Whoever commits the crime of second degree battery shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both. Acts 1978, No. 394, §1.
After the Hurricanes, Murder rate jumped up about 85% since 2003, but New Orleans is still the highest death rate and most dangerious city in the United States!
According to a timeline on the HistoryNet, in 1630, John Billington, one of the original Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower, became the first person in the American colonies hanged for murder. http://www.thehistorynet.com You might check your library for a book called, Murder in America, by Roger Lane. It is a history of murder in America going back to colonial times.
The use of the death penalty for murder was abolished in Britain on December 18, 1969. However, it would remain in effect for other crimes through 1998.
Attempted murder carries the same penalty as murder.
Second degree murder in Louisiana is a LWOP offense. According to Louisiana statute RS 14:27, when the attempted offense will result in death or life imprisonment, the sentence is 10 to 50 years without parole.
rape in a minimum security prison full of black guyzz
Second degree murder in Louisiana is a LWOP offense. According to Louisiana statute RS 14:27, when the attempted offense will result in death or life imprisonment, the sentence is 10 to 50 years without parole.
In Canada if a person still has three prior assault charges pending,what happens when he gets a new charge of second degree murder? could he get out on bail,and how much jail time is he looking at?
No
20-30yeara
As first-degree murder is planned beforehand, then the use of death penalty may be appropriate, but this is my opinion.
the number of years spent in jail are different and also it depends on the situation you are inAdded: Also, in 39 jurisdictions the death penalty for murder still exists. No one is ever executed for ATTEMPTED murder.
I beileve it's 10-25 years in prison I'm not completely sure
Colorado has a death penalty as it's harshest sentence.
First degree murder is premeditated. Second degree murder is intentional but without premeditation. Third degree is criminally negligent.