1) Do other countries use the death penalty?
There at least 59 other countries that do use the death penalty. Some use it more often than others.
2) How much does it cost to put someone to death?
The cost for death penalty trials are more money than life in prison trials. There is not an exact number because each case if different. Also, appeals cost a large amount of money. Some will keep appealing just to stay alive, even if it has been proven that they are guilty multiple times.
3) What are the methods of execution of a prisoner?
Lethal injection is the main method in the United States. However, some states allow the prisoner to choose how thy are executed. There are still rare occasions where the electric chair is used. Since 1976 there has also been 3 hangings and 3 deaths by firing squad.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777460.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=capital-punishment-by-lethal-injection
http://www.fnsa.org/v1n1/dieter1.html
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