Methods Used
There are five common methods used in America today for executions: lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electrocution, and hanging. Most executions in America started off as hanging. Prior to the 1890's hanging was the most common method, followed by the electric chair and now it is mostly lethal injection. 32 states plus the federal government use lethal injection as the primary method.
Lethal is a three-step process. Once the inmate is strapped down with ankle and wrist restraints on a gurney in the execution room, the lethal injection process will begin. The inmate will be connected to a cardiac monitor and injected with and IV into each arm. One arm serves as a backup in case there is a blockage in the other. On …show more content…
There are several that believe that the death penalty serves as a deterrence for committing a capital offense creating a safer environment. There are studies that show its effectiveness in deterring crime, but as a whole it is yet to find a deterrent effect in statistical evidence. Most sociopath or psychopath deviant willing to kill believe they will not be caught and are untroubled by the death penalty.
Victim's families are entitled to the desire of wanting the perpetrator to suffer the ultimate consequence. However, the argument an "eye for an eye" is morally, socially and considered constitutionally wrong by many. It can provide closure for the victim's family; however, it can provide the opposite of what survivors of crime need most. Historically, the Eighth Amendment allows death by execution for those who inflicted terror, pain or disgrace to a permissible capital offense and does not violate the constitution. The next argument is that the cost of executing the offenders. The cost of the death penalty is significantly higher than imprisoning someone for life. Oklahoma capital cases cost over three times as much as non-capital cases. In North Carolina, the death penalty costs $2.16 million per execution over the costs of placing murderers to life
There are five common methods used in America today for executions: lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electrocution, and hanging. Most executions in America started off as hanging. Prior to the 1890's hanging was the most common method, followed by the electric chair and now it is mostly lethal injection. 32 states plus the federal government use lethal injection as the primary method.
Lethal is a three-step process. Once the inmate is strapped down with ankle and wrist restraints on a gurney in the execution room, the lethal injection process will begin. The inmate will be connected to a cardiac monitor and injected with and IV into each arm. One arm serves as a backup in case there is a blockage in the other. On …show more content…
There are several that believe that the death penalty serves as a deterrence for committing a capital offense creating a safer environment. There are studies that show its effectiveness in deterring crime, but as a whole it is yet to find a deterrent effect in statistical evidence. Most sociopath or psychopath deviant willing to kill believe they will not be caught and are untroubled by the death penalty.
Victim's families are entitled to the desire of wanting the perpetrator to suffer the ultimate consequence. However, the argument an "eye for an eye" is morally, socially and considered constitutionally wrong by many. It can provide closure for the victim's family; however, it can provide the opposite of what survivors of crime need most. Historically, the Eighth Amendment allows death by execution for those who inflicted terror, pain or disgrace to a permissible capital offense and does not violate the constitution. The next argument is that the cost of executing the offenders. The cost of the death penalty is significantly higher than imprisoning someone for life. Oklahoma capital cases cost over three times as much as non-capital cases. In North Carolina, the death penalty costs $2.16 million per execution over the costs of placing murderers to life