CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
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
 Lethal
Injection
 Electrocution
 Gas
Chamber
 Hanging
 Firing
Squad
TYPES OF DEATH PENALTY
 The
number of states
authorizing lethal
injection increased
from 27 in 1994 to 37
in 2004.
 Texas
performed the
first execution
by
LETHAL
INJECTION
lethal injection
 Electric
currents pass
through your body
until the heart stops.
 There have been
may botched
executions through
electrocution.
 Many death row
inmates have been
shocked more than
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.
 The
prisoner dies
by strangulation
 The
states of
Washington and
New Hampshire
are the only 2
states
that
use
the
HANGING
method of 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
not having killed.
FIRING SQUAD
 Spying
 Treason
 Killing
of another
person in the 1st
degree
 Rape
of a child
under 13
 Other
serious
crimes
Gives
closure to
the victim's
families who have
suffered so much.
People
will refrain
PROS
from committing
crimes out of fear.
We
are killing
another human
being
Who
are we to
decide if
someone should
die
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