Death penalty

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Across
  1. 2. – The act of killing someone as a legal punishment
  2. 5. PUNISHMENT – Another name for the death penalty
  3. 9. THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY EXECUTIONS – Approximate number of executions since 1976
  4. 10. CRIMES – Crimes punished by the death penalty
  5. 11. PER YEAR – Approximate number of executions in Texas today
  6. 14. STATES – Number of states that still use the death penalty
  7. 16. PEOPLE – People who can be executed by mistake
  8. 17. INJECTION – The most used execution method today
  9. 18. CHAIR – An old execution method using electricity
  10. 19. – An old execution method using a rope
  11. 20. PENALTY – A legal punishment where the state kills a person
Down
  1. 1. – The state where the death penalty started in sixteen thirty
  2. 3. – The US state with the most executions
  3. 4. SEVENTY-SIX – Year executions restarted in the USA
  4. 6. AND INHUMAN – How many people describe the death penalty
  5. 7. TOPIC – A subject with many different opinions
  6. 8. – A temporary stop of executions
  7. 12. STATES – Number of US states that abolished the death penalty
  8. 13. STATES – Number of states with a moratorium
  9. 15. STATES – A country where the death penalty still exists