What kinds of capital punishment are there?

Answer 1

Electrocution

Electrocution is an optional method of execution in Alabama (it was the legally prescribed method until 2002), Florida (2000), South Carolina (1995) and Virginia (1994). Prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before lethal injection was signed into law are given the option of lethal injection. If they decline to select a method, electrocution is administered. Prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed after lethal injection was signed into law are given the choice of lethal injection or electrocution. If they decline to select a method, lethal injection is administered.

In Kentucky, prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before March 31, 1998 are to be electrocuted unless they select lethal injection. Similarly, Tennessee administers electrocution to prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before December 31, 1998 unless they select lethal injection. In both states, if the prisoner declines to select a method, electrocution is the default method.

Electrocution has been approved for potential use in Arkansas, Illinois and Oklahoma if lethal injection can't be administered due to unforeseeable or untimely circumstances.

Until recently, electrocution was an optional method of execution in Ohio. John William Byrd, Jr. selected this method because he had no desire to be euthanized [sic] like a dog. Byrd, Jr., a staunch opponent of capital punishment who maintained his innocence, fought to have his conviction overturned. November 15, 2001, three months and four days before his execution, the Ohio General Assembly signed lethal injection into law as the legally prescribed method of execution. Byrd, Jr. was executed February 19, 2002 by lethal injection.

The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments that electrocution was cruel and unusual punishment and barred further use of the method February 8, 2008. Lethal injection was approved by the Nebraska State Legislature and signed into law May 28, 2009.

The most recent use of the electric chair was March 18, 2010 when Paul Warner Powell was executed in Virginia.

Gas

Gas is an optional method of execution in California. (It was the legally prescribed method until 1995) The standard rules apply. Prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before lethal injection was signed into law, are to be gassed unless they select lethal injection. Prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed after lethal injection was signed into law are given the choice of lethal injection or gas. If the prisoner declines to select a method, lethal injection is administered.

In Arizona, prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before November 23, 1992 are to be gassed unless they select lethal injection. Maryland administers gas to prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before March 25, 1994 unless they select lethal injection. Walter LaGrand, the most recent prisoner to die in the gas chamber, twice declined to select a method. (LaGrand and his younger brother were convicted of murdering a bank employee in Arizona and sentenced to death.)

Gas, like electrocution, has been approved for potential use in Missouri and Wyoming if lethal injection can't be administered due to unforeseeable or untimely circumstances.

In Mississippi and, more recently, North Carolina, prisoners were given the choice of lethal injection or gas. Mississippi and North Carolina both signed lethal injection into law as the prescribed method of execution in July 1, 1984 and October 29, 1998 respectively.

The most recent use of the gas chamber was March 3, 1999 when Walter LaGrand was executed in Arizona.

Hanging

Hanging is an optional method of execution in Washington. (I can't quite seem to remember when lethal injection stepped in and took its place.) Prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before June 6, 1996 are to be hanged unless they select lethal injection. Prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed after lethal injection became the default method (it was an optional method before June 6, 1996 but hanging was still the preferred method and was administered if the prisoner refused to select a method) are given the choice of lethal injection or hanging. If they decline to select a method, lethal injection is administered.

Hanging has been approved for potential use in Delaware and New Hampshire if lethal injection can't be administered due to unforeseeable or untimely circumstances.

Until recently, hanging was also an optional method of execution in Montana.

The most recent use of the gallows was January 25, 1996 when Billy Bailey was executed in Delaware.

Shooting

In Utah, prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed before March 15, 2004 who selected firing squad are to be shot unless they select lethal injection. Three people awaiting execution in Utah are grandfathered in.

Shooting has been approved for potential use in Oklahoma if lethal injection and electrocution can't be administered due to unforeseeable or untimely circumstances.

Until recently, shooting was a potential method of execution in Idaho if lethal injection couldn't be administered due to unforeseeable or untimely circumstances but lethal injection was signed into law as the legally prescribed method July 1, 2009.

The most recent use of the firing squad was June 18, 2010 when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in Utah.

Answer 2

Death penalties in different parts of the world include... Death by fireing squad, death by hanging, death by decapitation (beheading), death by lethal injection, death by exposure to a lethal gas or gases...

Answer 3

Forms of capital punishment such as electric chair gas chaimber and lethal injection

Answer 4

These are some of the types of Capital Punishments in The Bahamas:

Deterrence

Protection

Retribution

Reformed

Reparation

Vindication

Answer 5

Forms of capital punishment in the US include the electric chair, firing squad, and lethal injection. Older forms included hanging and the gas chamber.

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Answer 6

there is lethal injections, gas chambers, fire squad, hanging, and electric chair.