The Pros And Views Of The Death Penalty

The death penalty otherwise known, as “capital punishment” is the execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. As of January 1st 2016, the death penalty is legal in 32 states, and there were 2,943 death row inmates in the US, but that number changes very often. Many people have different opinions regarding whether they’re for or against the death penalty. I feel as though the most common opinion for being against it is because one may believe that the person convicted of a crime should have to suffer in prison for the rest of their life instead of being executed. Whereas, the opposing side may want the person who convicted something such as murder for example, to have to end their life. So the opposing side has

The last state in which it was the only method for was Nebraska, and the Supreme Court ruled the method as “unconstitutional” in February of 2008. For this method, the person is usually shaved and strapped onto the electric chair with belts crossing his chest, groin, legs and arms. A metal skullcap is attached to the top of their head over a sponge soaked with saline. The prisoner is then blindfolded. A jolt of electricity between 500 and 2000 volts, which lasts about 30 seconds is given and then turned off. In that time, the body then relaxes and the doctors wait a few minutes for it to cool down, then check the inmates heart to see if it is still beating. If the inmates heart is beating still, another jolt of electricity is applied and this process continues until the inmate is dead. Many things can happen to the body during this process; such as eyeballs popping out, urination, vomiting and droll, the body heats up and flesh swells as their skin stretches, sometimes a prisoner can catch fire, and the body then starts to smell as if it’s