Death PENALTY
Death Penalty: Should it be Illegal? The death penalty: should it be illegal? This is on topic that crosses many people’s mind. Many believe that the death penalty is legalized in the case of murder, and that it is a fair form of justice. There are several methods of executions used today, and many former methods still exist today. The methods, whether former or current, are still cruel and unnecessary. The only way a person can avoid you can avoid the death penalty as punishment and to maintain one’s innocence is by being exonerated. Exoneration is being freed from blame, which in this case can vary from rape to capital murder. The family of victims in these ranges of cases could consider anything else, other than the death penalty.
To begin with, the methods of executions vary from electrocution, firing squad, lethal injection, the gas chamber, and some states even have lynching(hanging), as a form of capital punishment (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment, 2006). The electrocution chair method is active in nine states, including Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. In Alabama, the lethal injection will be administered unless the inmate requests electrocution. The firing squad is active in 1 state, Oklahoma. Utah no longer offers the firing squad, but would allow it only for inmates who chose this method prior to its elimination. Oklahoma offers firing squad only if electrocution and lethal injection is considered unconstitutional. The Lethal injection is active in 35 states, including Georgia. New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009. However, the law wasn’t retroactive, leaving two people on death row. Connecticut abolished the death penalty this year. However, the law wasn’t retroactive, leaving eleven people on death row. Lynching is active in 2 states, New Hampshire and Washington. The Gas chamber is active in 4 states, Arizona, California, Missouri, and Wyoming. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment,
To begin with, the methods of executions vary from electrocution, firing squad, lethal injection, the gas chamber, and some states even have lynching(hanging), as a form of capital punishment (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment, 2006). The electrocution chair method is active in nine states, including Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama. In Alabama, the lethal injection will be administered unless the inmate requests electrocution. The firing squad is active in 1 state, Oklahoma. Utah no longer offers the firing squad, but would allow it only for inmates who chose this method prior to its elimination. Oklahoma offers firing squad only if electrocution and lethal injection is considered unconstitutional. The Lethal injection is active in 35 states, including Georgia. New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009. However, the law wasn’t retroactive, leaving two people on death row. Connecticut abolished the death penalty this year. However, the law wasn’t retroactive, leaving eleven people on death row. Lynching is active in 2 states, New Hampshire and Washington. The Gas chamber is active in 4 states, Arizona, California, Missouri, and Wyoming. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment,