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the death penalty or "Capital Punishment" is the punishment of condemning a convict to death for a crime, usually murder; typically by lethal injection. (a mixture of 2 deadly toxins and 1 anesthetic.) the anesthetic is administered first and you are essentially put to sleep before the process begins. next you are given an extremely powerful muscular relaxant called sodium tripenathol which causes paralysis. potassium chloride is one of the other poisonous chemical and causes fluctuation in the heartbeat causing cardiac arrest.
there are many other forms of execution such as: hanging, burning at the stake, decapitation, firing squad, gas chamber, crusifixtion (practiced mainly by the Romans in biblical times), the "iron maiden", being pulled apart limb by limb (not sure what that's called...) and, the electric chair.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoWell in most states in America and provinces in Canada, lethal injection is the preferred way because it is painless and humane...in lesser developed countries means to execute someone can be brutal such as buring someone to their neck then throwing rocks at their head (stoning) or hanging someone...
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Ignore "provinces in Canada" above!
Canada abolished the civil court death penalty in July 1976. It was also abolished from military courts on December 1998. The last execution in Canada was actually by hanging, on December 11, 1962 in Toronto - over 50 years ago.
Ignore "painless and humane" above!
California recently suspended executions because of evidence that the pain of the lethal injection was intense, violating a federal constitutional prohibition by being both cruel and unusual.
Ignore "most states ... lethal injection" above!
More than half of the remaining states with capital punishment use a variety of other methods including the electric chair (most common), hanging, firing squad, and gas chamber.
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∙ 8y agoThere are a number of ways to get the death penalty. A jury will consider things such as how heinous the crime was. However, the #1 factor in determining who will receive the death penalty and who will not is the race of the victim. A common misconception is that the race of the defendant is the most important factor, however this is not the case. If someone murders a minority, they are not as likely to receive the death penalty as someone who murders a white person, whether the defendant is white or a minority. The Rope, The Chair, and The Needle Capital Punishment in Texas 1923-1990 by James Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen does an excellent job discussing the topic.
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∙ 14y agoMy guess is alot of murders. Or treason, terrorism, ect.
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∙ 12y agoit depends where u r in Florida its the electric chair in California in is the gass chamber
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∙ 13y agoA person is executed, killed, put to death.
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∙ 13y agoPeople receive the death penalty for doing very serious crimes, usually murder.
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∙ 12y agothey kill the Nukkah's
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∙ 11y agoBad people
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Does Missouri have death penalty?
No,the state of Missouri does not have the death penalty.
Should there be a death penalty for gay people?
No, there should not be a death penalty for gay people. Unfortunately, as of 2017, there are 10 countries that put people to death for being gay.
Do gay people receive the death penalty?
Only if they are convicted of a crime that warrants the death penalty, such as murder (the same as straight people).
How many people where killed during the death penalty?
Over 1,000 people have been killed since the death penalty was instituted.
Is the death penalty executed in front of people?
In the US, all death penalty sentences are carried out with wtnesses present.
What percentage of people live in a country where the death penalty is legalised?
About 95% of Asians live in countries where the death penalty is legalized.
What is the difference in violent crime rate between states that have death penalty and states that do not have death penalty?
Well the death penalty countries are lower as the people don't want to dye for a crime so.
Why is the death penalty so debatable?
Some people who had been killed using the death penalty have been found not guilty after the fact.
What countries give the death penalty to gay people?
The following countries give the death penalty to gay people:SudanMauritaniaNigeriaSomalilandSaudi ArabiaYemenIranMaldivesBrunei PakistanAfghanistan
Why death penalty is not good in civilized society?
Actually, opinions on this vary. But the tendency, nowadays, is that a majority of people think that the death penalty is uncivilized. Some arguments against the death penalty is that it is used disproportionately against ethnic minorities (for example, black people in the United States), and that it is irreversible (and there have been many cases where people executed, or people who were planned to be executed, turned out to be innocent). For further arguments, both for and against the death penalty, I suggest you consult the Wikipedia article on "Death penalty".
Which US states currently have the death penalty How many people have died due to the death penalty laws in United States as of July 1 2014?
The death penalty is legal in 32 U.S. states. In the United States, 1,386 people have been executed.
How does the death penalty save lives?
The death penalty is a punishment for people who have committed the most hanus of crimes. They are incarcerated and kept on death row until their execution date. This saves lives because often people who get the death penalty are murderes and if hey didn't get executed they would probably get out of jail and kill more people.
