1. How many states have banned the death penalty and how many still have it today?
----Today there are currently 34 states that still have the death penalty, including Pennsylvania. There are 16 states that do not have the death penalty, the most recent being Illinois which just got rid of it in 2011.
2. Why does the process of execution take so long?
----As a matter of fact, if an inmate is put to death by lethal injection, the process could take as short as 1 minute and 30 seconds. The preparation part is what takes the longest.
3. How many people per year receive the death penalty?
----In the past year of 2011, there were 43 people who were executed by lethal injection of the death penalty.
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