Since August, 6, 1912, there have been two hundred and eighty two executions, done by the state of South Carolina (South Carolina Department of Corrections, 2016.) Death row is not only morally wrong, but it is telling the murders, and other people up for death row, that killing someone for doing something wrong is right. Death row should be abolished, not only does it give inmates the impression that an eye for an eye is okay, but it puts innocence people lives at risk, it costs taxpayers millions of dollars, and it is a violation of the eight amendments. First of all, the death penalty puts innocent lives at risk. One hundred and thirty eight men and women have been acquitted from death row, and some of these individuals were days or even
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At least when you sentence someone to life in prison, and later you find out they are innocent, you still can set them free, but if you put them on …show more content…
The eight amendments basically say, that the federal government cannot give a person a really high bail or fines, and they cannot use cruel and unusual punishment. When an inmate is up for death row the process can be different, but most of them are the same. South Carolina; however, gives the inmate the choice of if they want to be injected or be electrocuted. If they choose the electric chair, everyone knows they will get electrocuted, but on the other hand, if the inmate decides that they want to get a lethal injection, there is a three step drug process that they go through. The first drug that they give the inmate in South Carolina is Pentobarbital, which is a drug used to slow down the brain and the Nervous System. Then they give them Pancuronium bromide, which is a muscle relaxer. They give the inmate so much that it stops their breathing, and paralyze their diaphragm and lungs. This only takes one to three minutes before this start to affect the inmate. The last thing they give them is a large amount of Potassium Chloride, this stops the heart from functioning and will cause a cardiac arrest. The whole process only supposed to take five to eighteen minutes before the inmate are supposed to be deceased (South Carolina Department of Corrections, 2016). Many people strongly believe that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. There have been a few cases in the news, about some inmates that are
At least when you sentence someone to life in prison, and later you find out they are innocent, you still can set them free, but if you put them on …show more content…
The eight amendments basically say, that the federal government cannot give a person a really high bail or fines, and they cannot use cruel and unusual punishment. When an inmate is up for death row the process can be different, but most of them are the same. South Carolina; however, gives the inmate the choice of if they want to be injected or be electrocuted. If they choose the electric chair, everyone knows they will get electrocuted, but on the other hand, if the inmate decides that they want to get a lethal injection, there is a three step drug process that they go through. The first drug that they give the inmate in South Carolina is Pentobarbital, which is a drug used to slow down the brain and the Nervous System. Then they give them Pancuronium bromide, which is a muscle relaxer. They give the inmate so much that it stops their breathing, and paralyze their diaphragm and lungs. This only takes one to three minutes before this start to affect the inmate. The last thing they give them is a large amount of Potassium Chloride, this stops the heart from functioning and will cause a cardiac arrest. The whole process only supposed to take five to eighteen minutes before the inmate are supposed to be deceased (South Carolina Department of Corrections, 2016). Many people strongly believe that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. There have been a few cases in the news, about some inmates that are