Persuasive Speech On Death Penalty

Since 1976 there has been 1, 416 people killed by the death penalty. The death penalty for many people is a good thing, but to others they oppose. I for example, oppose because of my Christian background. Since I am from Mississippi I will tell about the history of my state using the death penalty. Beginning in 1817 going all the way to 1940, every execution there was in the state of Mississippi were always taken care of by hanging. The first time that the electric chair was ever used for execution in Mississippi was carried out on October 11, 1940. In the years from 1954 all the way to 1984 all inmates were executed by lethal gas. When 1984 rolled around they changed the executions to lethal injections. This execution is still used to this