Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

There are currently five different ways to carry out the death penalty in the United States. The first is death by firing squad. Death occurs because of massive damage to the body's vital organs, heart, central nervous system, or by a combination of these different effects with hemorrhage (The Execution Protocol). Probably the quickest way to execute a human being with a gun is to fire a single bullet from a piston at point blank range into the head. Yet in Idaho and Utah, the law specifies a five-man rifle squad.

Execution by firing squad has a long history in America. The first recorded execution by firing squad was in 1608, when George Kendall, one of the original councilors in the colony of Virginia was put to death. People opposed to the death penalty say that being shot to death if a form of cruel and unusual punishment. There have been cases where the marksmen have missed the shot and it has taken a man over an hour to die from his wounds. Another problem with this form of execution is that some members of the firing squad have been known to aim away from the man 's heart, shooting him where it would take longer to die. (116)

Lethal injections have been around for many years with the same basic idea and procedure. Lethal injection uses three drugs, a fast acting barbiturate that sedates the inmate and the drug Tubocurarine that paralyzes the inmate, and finally potassium chloride is used to stop his heart. These methods have been a controversial issue for many reasons. People that supports lethal injection believes that it is more humane method of execution than any other because it cause little or no pain. It also argued that it is less expensive than detaining or placing someone in jail for life. As far as lethal injection been unconstitutional because the procedure causes unusual pain and suffering, some people believe that someone who has kill countless people deserve to physical

In society today, capital punishment is not usually seen as favorable. The supposedly painless lethal injection, given to death row inmates in states that still allow capital punishment, can be seen as a more

This is one big controversial issue that we all hear about. It is all over the news, in newspapers and it is a really big concern. That issue wonders whether lethal injection is too kind or too brutal. Well that was a good question, so while conducting a lot of research. I discovered that that topic can be taken both ways.

In about 33 or more states Lethal injection is still a method of execution. The lethal injection includes 2 needles connected with a tube that follows a series of medication killing the inmates. The series has the first sequence of just saline which has no effect. The second sequence is sodium thiopental this is an anesthetic which tends puts the inmate to rest. The last two sequences are pancuronium bromide (paralyzes entire system and discontinue breathing) and potassium chloride which is the final blow and stops the heartbeat. Fox News recommended that The electrocution method is not used in recent times except for 8 states. This method consist of shaving the inmate's body completely, a cleansing process with saline then appliance of jelly like creme, and finally after applying the metal skull cap they begin the process with “ Executioners usually give more than one jolt of electricity, to make sure the inmate is dead.“ (Fox News pg1,paragraph 11) Sometimes they have to repeat the jolt a second time assure that the inmate is dead. In all of these methods there is a doctor to instruct the procedure making sure that things go

The process of lethal injection that has always been used in the United States is that Sodium Thiopental is first put into the patient to put the inmate to sleep and then pancuronium bromide is used to paralyze muscle function and to stop the inmate’s breathing and finally potassium chloride is used to stop the inmate’s heart. They typically use this method of 3 different drugs so that if someone is allergic to one of the ingredients of one of the drugs that they can easily switch one of the drugs out for a drug without the ingredient that they are allergic to that serves the same purpose. Though this method has been used for over 30 years recent research has found that sometimes the anesthesia does not come into effect and many times the inmate is sitting there convulsing and feeling extreme pain and possibly experiencing asphyxiation, burning sensations. According

The process of lethal injection that has always been used in the United States is that Sodium Thiopental is first put into the patient to put the inmate to sleep and then pancuronium bromide is used to paralyze muscle function and to stop the inmate’s breathing and finally potassium chloride is used to stop the inmate’s heart. They typically use this method of 3 different drugs so that if someone is allergic to one of the ingredients of one of the drugs that they can easily switch one of the drugs out for a drug without the ingredient that they are allergic to that serves the same purpose. Though this method has been used for over 30 years recent research has found that sometimes the anesthesia does not come into effect and many times the inmate is sitting there convulsing and feeling extreme pain and possibly experiencing asphyxiation, burning sensations. According

There are five methods by which the death penalty is carried out.  These methods are electrocution, hanging, firing squad, gas chamber, and lethal injection (ACLU Briefing...).  They all have one thing in common - they cause death, final and irreversible death.  Most people would agree that electrocution, hanging, and the firing squad are violent; when in reality all of these "approved" methods of murder are violent and cruel.  There are many documented cases where  flames erupted from the sites of electrodes and blood poured from victims of electrocution.  The gas chamber is no better - one case noted involved a convict in Mississippi that had a violent reaction to the lethal gas.  The actual cause of his death was by banging his head against a metal post in the room.  Numerous cases of lethal injection executions are on file that could be classified as nothing other than cruel and unusual punishment.  These incidents included lengthy probing of the arms and legs for suitable veins, needles that flew out of the veins, and violent convulsive

Lethal injection was intended to be the better alternative to hanging, firing squad, electrocution, or gas chamber but when pharmacies stopped providing their drugs after finding it was for deadly use and when stories of botched executions surfaced, the same concerns about the old methods of the death penalty were applied to lethal injection.

My next reason is that it could be considered a cruel and unusual punishment, and it can be considered one, everyone has free will and can think what they want. There are 4 things to look for when deciding whether it is a cruel and unusual punishment though. The first of the four is the question “Is it degrading to human dignity”? To answer that, first let’s look a the three different lethal injections. 1. Sodium Thiopental, this one will put the inmate to sleep within 30 seconds. 2. Pancuronium Bromide,

The intention of the drugs are to knock the person out, put them in a state of paralysis, and stop the heart. The injection is not meant to be painful, unless a human error occurs. It’s like the same as lighting a match. It’s not meant to be painful, but if you make an error, you could burn yourself. Why should we put an end to the most commonly used way of the death penalty simply because there is a low chance of there being an error. Even the Supreme Court ruled that lethal injection should be allowed, so why should we put an end to something with a low chance of happening. Even if it does happen and pain is inflicted, that will never match the pain inflicted on the person and the family of who was killed. Lethal injection is not meant to be torture, and is not cruel and unusual punishment, so it should be considered legal along the lines of the death

The death penalty is probably in the top ten of the most controversial laws in the United States. It is controversial religiously and politically, but people have those different views. Right now it is legal to execute someone after they have gone through their court case with lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, hanging and firing squad. Only after going through the court of law and being proven guilty may these terms apply. If the prosecution is just, then there should be no problem with the execution.

Executions have been a method of punishment for many years, yet the different types of executions have advanced in technology over the years. Every state has a different way of executing criminals. For example, Texas follows out the execution plan by conducting death by lethal injection. Our state law allows a jury to vote for “death by lethal injection” for convicted criminals, and I would vote to change this law.

Dictionary.com says the definition of lethal injection is the act or instance of injecting a drug for purposes of capital punishment or euthanasia. In other words, putting chemicals into a person to kill them. There are four other types of execution. There is death by electrocuting the subject, death by putting the subject in to a gas chamber, death by hanging the subject, and death by a firing squad shooting the subject (“Methods of Execution”). Lethal injection is not the best way to execute the subject because the requirements are not thorough, the procedures are too complicated, and the expenses of everything combined are too great.