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  1. Death Sentence is a 2007 American vigilante action thriller film directed by James Wan and starring Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a man who takes the law into his own hands after his son is murdered by a gang member as an initiation ritual; Hume must then protect his family from the gang's resulting vengeance. The film is loosely based on the 1975 ...

    • August 31, 2007
  2. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, [1] [2] is the state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime, usually following an authorised, rule-governed process to conclude that the person is responsible for violating norms that warrant said punishment. [3]

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  4. Capital punishment abolished or struck down. Capital punishment is a legal penalty. In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. [b] [1] It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 states and in ...

  5. Aug 31, 2007 · Death Sentence: Directed by James Wan. With Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett. Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever.

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    • Action, Crime, Drama
    • James Wan
    • 2007-08-31
  6. A death penalty protestor holds a sign quoting the Bible (Matthew 25:40) Religion plays a complicated role in death penalty arguments. To support the death penalty, some people quote from the Old Testament of the Bible, which says: "An eye for an eye, a life for a life." This means that if you take a life, you should pay with your own life.

  7. Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world. By the 2020s, many countries had abolished or discontinued the practice.

  8. Aug 30, 2007 · Roger Ebert August 30, 2007. Tweet. After he s provoked, Kevin Bacon acquires a large gun and starts blowing away bad guys in Death Sentence. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. When he was asked by Johnny Carson how a magazine could quote him saying he really would murder to avenge his family, Charles Bronson looked Carson in the eye and ...

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