DEATH PENALTY

What is Death Penalty ? -the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime.

When was Death Penalty Introduced? -Eighteenth Century B.C. - first established death penalty laws.  Eleventh Century A.D. - William the Conqueror will not allow persons to be hanged except in cases of murder.  1608 - Captain George Kendall becomes the first recorded execution in the new colonies.

Types of Death Penalty Lethal Injection - is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing immediate death. Electrocution - is the process of killing a person through high rate voltage of electricity that will then be attach to the criminals body. Gas Chamber -is an apparatus for killing humans or animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous orasphyxaint gas is introduced.

Firing Squad -is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Execution by shooting is a fairly old practice. Hanging -is a method of killing a criminal with a use of a rope which is tied to their necks and leave their body hanging.

Advantages of Death Penalty -It shows that the justice system has no sympathy for the criminals. -When criminals escape from the capital punishment, they repeat their crimes and take more innocent lives. -The availability of modern testing such as DNA testing reduces the chances of punishing the innocents; therefore, capital punishment can be an effective tool to control the crimes. -The death penalty can address the problem of overpopulation in the prisons. -It gives closure to the families of the victims who have already suffered a lot. -It lessens the crime rate in our society.

Disadvantage of Death Penalty -Though there are scientific methods available to investigate the crime, nothing is guaranteed. You cannot remove the chances of punishing innocents completely. -Some of the accused are mentally ill, and it is ethically wrong to put mentally ill patients to the death.

-It is reported that some of the jury members are not completely impartial as they decide the penalty on racial or religious basis. -In most cases people who can afford to hire the expensive lawyers often survived from such kind of capital punishment. People who are poor, and cannot afford to get a quality legal assistance becomes the victim of this penalty. -Some of the experts believe that life prison is a more effective punishment to control crimes as compared to the death penalty. The countries where the death penalty is banned have less capital crime rate as compared to those countries where the death penalty is practiced.

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