The death penalty has been around for many years. It has been a controversial argument in the American society. According to the Webster Dictionary death penalty means the decision by a court of law that the punishment for someone’s crime will be death (Webster Dictionary). Over the years people have wondered many times what is the death penalty is, how this punishment works, and who qualify to receive such punishment. Many people are unaware of this social problem; it could be for many reasons. Perhaps they are not really into the subject, or because their lack of knowledge of laws is, except for lawyers and governors. In this paper the writer will give some information about Capital Punishment. To have knowledge about Capital
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They Influenced America with this new punishment back then. The first man executed in America was George Kendall in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608. He was accused of being an undercover spy for Spain. After four years, the death penalty was sentence for those who stole food, killed animals, and traded Indians.
Laws regarding the death penalty varied from colony to colony. The Massachusetts Bay Colony held its first execution in 1630, even though the Capital Laws of New England did not go into effect until years later. The New York Colony instituted the Duke's Laws of 1665. Under these laws, offenses such as striking one's mother or father, or denying the "true God," were punishable by death. (Randa, 1997) It is recorded that about 505 American women who have been put to death during the 16th and 19th centuries. The first American woman who was put on death by hanging was Jane Champion in 1632 in Virginia. Back in that centuries women were punished for witchcraft. Approximately 26 women were hanged. Hanging was the normal method of execution. The first man who was put on death by electrocution was William Kemmler in 1890 in New York. He was convicted of
They Influenced America with this new punishment back then. The first man executed in America was George Kendall in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608. He was accused of being an undercover spy for Spain. After four years, the death penalty was sentence for those who stole food, killed animals, and traded Indians.
Laws regarding the death penalty varied from colony to colony. The Massachusetts Bay Colony held its first execution in 1630, even though the Capital Laws of New England did not go into effect until years later. The New York Colony instituted the Duke's Laws of 1665. Under these laws, offenses such as striking one's mother or father, or denying the "true God," were punishable by death. (Randa, 1997) It is recorded that about 505 American women who have been put to death during the 16th and 19th centuries. The first American woman who was put on death by hanging was Jane Champion in 1632 in Virginia. Back in that centuries women were punished for witchcraft. Approximately 26 women were hanged. Hanging was the normal method of execution. The first man who was put on death by electrocution was William Kemmler in 1890 in New York. He was convicted of