Historically, many techniques have been used while executing most death penalty offenders. Often, their punishment was severely harsh and used a variety of methods, ranging from flogging, stoning, beheading, and even burning at the stake (Allen, Latessa, & Ponder, 2016). The ongoing debate with capital punishment is whether not the methods used for executions are cruel and unusual. Chief Justice wrote, “A method of execution violates the 8th amendment only if it deliberately designed to inflict pain” (Burkhead, 2009).
In America, shooting and hanging were early methods of executions, but recently electrocution, lethal gas and lethal injection have replaced the cruel techniques in more recent years. Tennessee is the only state in America where
In America, shooting and hanging were early methods of executions, but recently electrocution, lethal gas and lethal injection have replaced the cruel techniques in more recent years. Tennessee is the only state in America where