Capital Punishment in UK and US

Capital Punishment is punishment by death according to law; the death penalty.
Capital punishment was used in the UK until 1965, and is still used in some states in the US. Politicians in the US and UK disagree about whether capital punishment should be allowed. Some people believe it is morally wrong to kill a criminal, no matter what they have done. Others believe that capital punishment is morally right if it is used for punishing murderers. In the US, people who do not support the death penalty often protest outside the prison where a criminal is about to be killed.

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The death row is the part of a prison for housing inmates who have received the death penalty. Also called death house.