In the eighteenth century people were put to the death penalty by burning or shooting them. In 1924, the gas chamber was introduced, but was ended in the 1960s. Within this time eighteen states have gotten rid of the death penalty; eleven states are still deciding if they should get rid of the penalty (Smith 1). The execution of Clayton Locket was by lethal injection. He was strapped to a bed in the death chamber. He was convicted of killing a nineteen year old woman by shooting her and then burying her alive in 1999. The executioner gave him the injection Locket began kicking, twitching, and moaning in pain. The injection wasn’t working on him but thirty minutes later he had a heart attack. In some cases people who are injected have taken 640 breaths before the person finally
In the eighteenth century people were put to the death penalty by burning or shooting them. In 1924, the gas chamber was introduced, but was ended in the 1960s. Within this time eighteen states have gotten rid of the death penalty; eleven states are still deciding if they should get rid of the penalty (Smith 1). The execution of Clayton Locket was by lethal injection. He was strapped to a bed in the death chamber. He was convicted of killing a nineteen year old woman by shooting her and then burying her alive in 1999. The executioner gave him the injection Locket began kicking, twitching, and moaning in pain. The injection wasn’t working on him but thirty minutes later he had a heart attack. In some cases people who are injected have taken 640 breaths before the person finally