1. Main document link : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42984170
2. Historical aspects
2.1. Legal punishment in 31 US states
2.1.1. Since 1976
2.1.1.1. 1,468 people executed in the US
2.1.1.2. 548 in Texas
2.1.2. 1985 and 2017 : Nobody executed
2.1.3. Peaked in 2000
2.1.3.1. 40 executions
2.2. Execution Capital Punishment : Harris County
2.3. Death Row
2.3.1. 2,817 inmates in the US
2.3.2. 746 prisoners in California
2.4. Quizzlet : https://quizlet.com/295178668/ptu-anglais-flash-cards/
3. A very controversial issue
3.1. Risks of innocent people being executed
3.1.1. Increased mistrust of gouvernement
3.1.2. Cartoon : https://www.chappatte.com/prod/wp-content/uploads/artworks/2015/07/I150711c-950x701.jpg
3.2. leaving victims, relatives of the condemned and prison guards traumatised
3.3. Racial Bias
3.3.1. 70% of death sentences were people of colour
3.3.2. 43,8% of death row inmates are African American in Texas
3.4. Word Art : https://wordart.com/t1rnz7utpyag/word-art
4. Solution maybe ?
4.1. https://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/03/opinion/blecker-death-row-stories-penalty-improvements/index.html
4.2. Mr Hampton says :
4.2.1. "Studies show, and prison staff report, that those serving life sentences are the best behaved."
4.3. Texas was the first state to pass legislation giving defendants access to the courts
5. Whitaker family
5.1. Thomas Whitaker
5.1.1. arranged for a gunman to kill his family
5.1.2. his execution would be the 4 in America this year
5.2. Kent Whitaker
5.2.1. Support death penalty until his son
5.2.1.1. Only survivor of the attack
5.2.1.2. Don't want to lose the last member of his family
5.2.2. petition noted
5.2.2.1. how the gunman was given life sentence
5.2.2.2. while the getaway driver agreed to a 15 year plea deal