Life without the possibilty of parole

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In the state of Vermont there have been zero executions by death penalty since 1976, but before 1976 there were a reported number of executions in the amount of 26. There are zero persons on death row currently in the state of Vermont, which means there are zero women and men on the fend of being executed. There is a one point nine percent of murder rate in Vermont per 100,000 people. There is a life sentence without the option of parole. A person is not able to get death for a felony murder in which he or she did not commit. There have been no innocent people freed from death row and there has also been no clemencies granted in the state of Vermont.

The first execution from 1608-2002 was the hanging of David Redding. He was a white male and his age was not documented in the ESPY file Executions by State. Redding was hung on June 11, 1778 for the crime: treason. The last execution documented was Murder Electrocution to Donald Demag. He was a 29 year old male who committed robbery. He was executed on December 8 1954. The differences in the crimes committed by the two men are treason, which is defined as a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state, and robbery, defined as The act or an instance of unlawfully taking the property of another by the use of violence or intimidation(dictionary.com). The two men were executed in two different manners. As documented, David Redding was hung. On the other hand Donald Demag suffered from Murder Electrocution where he was killed by electric currents flowing through his body.

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Based on Bureau of Justice Statistics for 2006 we can see that the State of Vermont has a higher rate of probation that parole. The number of entries for parole is 461 while the number of exits is 556. The total parole population is 965, and the number per 100,000 residents is 197. The number of entries for probation is 4489, and the number of exits 5,791. The Probation population is a lot bigger than the parole population. The probation population is 7,631, and the number of residents per 100,000 residents is 1,554. The state of Indiana has both a higher parole and probation population. There exits and entries for parole are 7,555 and 6,900. The total population for parole is 131,037, and per 100,000 residents are 261. Indiana’s exits and entries for probation are 96,356 and 93,895. The total population for Indiana’s probation is 120,421 and per 100,000 residents 2,533. CSI Vermont thinks this because Indiana is a much bigger state than Vermont. The population sizes differ for the most part and if you look at the crime rate there is more crime in Indiana than Vermont.

In 1995 Vermont received its first Restorative justice program. It was called Reparative Probation. This program was to local citizens and people who were convicted of misdemeanors and other felonies. The offenders were recommend by the VDC. The offenders were to talk about their offense and figure out ways how they can give back to their community or figure out ways they can apologize to their victims. It also help ex-cons with way how they cannot do the crime over that they had did. This program has been very successful over the years. Reparative Probation has been awarded the Innovations in American Government award sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Harvard University.

Resources:
Death Penalty Information Center (2009) Retrieved November 14, 2009, DPIC Death Penalty Information Center Web site: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state_by_state

Cohen, Ron. (1997). Forgiveness and restorative justice in vermont. Retrieved from http://planetvermont.com/pvq/v8n4/justice.html