penalty has brought the focus of abolitionist on to the growing number of exonerations brought about by new DNA technology, additionally botched executions such as those of Clayton Locket and Angel Diaz, have brought new pressure onto states which operate the death penalty, demonstrating the desire in the U.S. for a smooth application of the death penalty. Overall demonstrating that support for capital punishment is highly conditional upon political, social, cultural and financial factors at any given time in history.
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