INFORMATION
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The "death penalty" is the pre-meditated and planned taking of a human life by a government.
Since 1976, 245 death row inmates have been granted a pardon.
Humanitarian reasons include doubts about the defendant's guilt or the governor’s decision about the death penalty process.
The pardoning process vary by state and involve the governor, or a board of advisors or both.

5 types of executions
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Lethal Injection
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Electrocution
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Gas Chamber
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Hanging
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Firing Squad
TYPES OF DEATH PENALTY

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The number of states authorizing lethal injection increased from 27 in 1994 to 37 in 2004.
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Texas performed the
LETHAL INJECTION lethal injection

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Electric currents pass through your body until the heart stops.
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There have been may botched executions through electrocution.
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Many death row inmates have been
ELECTROCUTION one time.

GAS CHAMBER
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The gas chamber was formerly used in
Colorado, Mississippi,
Nevada, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oregon,
Wyoming and California.
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Today three states execute prisoners using the gas chamber
Arizona, Maryland, and
Missouri.

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The prisoner dies by strangulation
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The states of
Washington and
New Hampshire are the only 2
HANGING

Official protocol calls for inclusion of one or more blank cartridges randomly distributed among the live ammunition, giving each squad member a chance of
FIRING SQUAD

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Spying
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Treason
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Killing of another person in the 1 st degree
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Rape of a child under 13
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Other serious crimes

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Gives closure to the victim's families who have suffered so much.
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People will refrain from committing crimes out of fear.

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We are killing another human being
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Who are we to decide if someone should die

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