Question

Name two examples of capital crimes.

Answer 1

What Are Considered Capital Crimes in the United States?
General Reference (not clearly pro or con)
The U.S. Code of Justice, in Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure - Part II Criminal Procedure - Chapter 228 Death penalty - Sec. 3591. "Sentence of Death," as of May 7, 2008, stated the following:
A defendant who has been found guilty of -
(1) an offense described in section 794 or section 2381; or

(2) any other offense for which a sentence of death is provided, if the defendant, as determined beyond a reasonable doubt...
(A) intentionally killed the victim;

(B) intentionally inflicted serious bodily injury that resulted in the death of the victim;

(C) intentionally participated in an act, contemplating that the life of a person would be taken or intending that lethal force would be used in connection with a person, other than one of the participants in the offense, and the victim died as a direct result of the act; or

(D) intentionally and specifically engaged in an act of violence, knowing that the act created a grave risk of death to a person, other than one of the participants in the offense, such that participation in the act constituted a reckless disregard for human life and the victim died as a direct result of the act, shall be sentenced to death if... it is determined that imposition of a sentence of death is justified, except that no person may be sentenced to death who was less than 18 years of age at the time of the offense.