During the 1930s capital punishment reached the highest levels, but in the 1960s it reached the lowest levels. In some states the death penalty is still being utilized according to the crime committed. There are a total of thirty-one states that retain the death penalty in current day America. These thirty-one states all have different forms of the death penalty that can be applied. They include: hanging, lethal injection, shooting, gas chamber and the electric chair. Most southern states employ some type of capital punishment which includes Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird was convicted of rape and sentenced with the death penalty in the state of Alabama. Since 1976, Alabama ranks 6th in the country for using capital punishment as a consequence for serious
During the 1930s capital punishment reached the highest levels, but in the 1960s it reached the lowest levels. In some states the death penalty is still being utilized according to the crime committed. There are a total of thirty-one states that retain the death penalty in current day America. These thirty-one states all have different forms of the death penalty that can be applied. They include: hanging, lethal injection, shooting, gas chamber and the electric chair. Most southern states employ some type of capital punishment which includes Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird was convicted of rape and sentenced with the death penalty in the state of Alabama. Since 1976, Alabama ranks 6th in the country for using capital punishment as a consequence for serious