File talk:Death penalty statutes in the United States-2011-10-03.svg

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IMHO description is incomplete and says only the half of truth in this way. Being a German I started here and was wonderingly:

"*Blau: Zurzeit keine Anwendung"

says "actually not in use". But that implies capital punishment is be legal in principle. That isn't true, as some states of the Union are part of the civilized world.

Beeing a non native speaker, I understand the English description in a similar way, but maybe I missed the point:

"*Blue: No current death penalty statute"

But there are states in the Union where the capital punishment is abolished, which IS an EXISTING, specific form of a "current death penalty statute". In some since the 19th century and others since 2011 (for example Michigan since 1846;  Illinois since 1st of July 2011). So I would change the German description to:

"*Blau: Abgeschafft oder zurzeit keine Anwendung"

Suggestion in English (with asking for help of native speakers):

"*Blue: Abolished or no current death penalty statute"

--92.226.123.32 (talk) 11:14, 28 August 2011 (UTC)