About 8% of Prisoners Under a Sentence of Death Have

question 89

True/False

About 8% of prisoners under a sentence of death have prior homicide convictions; if these criminals had been executed for the first offense, no further victims would have suffered.

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Definitions:

Usable Forms

Refers to resources or materials that have been converted into a state where they are ready for use by organisms or human technologies.

Nitrogen

A chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7, making up about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere and essential for living organisms.

Nitrite Ions

An anion with the chemical formula NO2-, derived from nitrous acid, commonly found in soil and water where it participates in the nitrogen cycle.

Nitrification

A microbiological process where ammonia is oxidized to nitrite and then to nitrate, which is a key step in the nitrogen cycle in ecosystems.