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What are the authorized methods of the death penalty in the US?
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∙ 12y ago
The death penalty has been administered in a variety of ways over the course of America's history. In the beginning of capital punishment it was meant to deter and instill fear in people. It was done during the daytime in a public space and was well advertised leading up to the death. The execution was done very close to where they had committed the crime. American's have always seeked more humane forms of punishment. Nowadays the execution is usually held around midnight in a central location that is out of public view. The predominant way in which we administer executions is lethal injections in which their is a 3 drug cocktail. The first drug is thiopental sodium that should render the person unconscious. The next drug is pancuronium Bromide that acts as a paralytic to collapse the person's lungs and other organs. Last is Potassium Chloride that stops the persons heart.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn the old days, hanging, drowning, burning, boiling, and many more ways of death penalty was carried out. In the French Revolution, the Guillotine was invented to decapitate people.
However, nowadays, I believe they use lethal injections that kill you in seconds for capital punishment.
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∙ 12y agoElectrocution, gas, lethal injection
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Do terrorists get a death penalty?
If caught in the US and tried for treason, yes they get the death penalty because of the US constitution
How do you feel about the death penalty in the past?
The death penalty was extremely unfair for some people, but for the rest of us it was justice........ In the states the death penalty is still used in 37 states and by the Federal Government and the US Military.
Is the death penalty executed in front of people?
In the US, all death penalty sentences are carried out with wtnesses present.
Does Wisconsin have a death penalty?
No. In fact, Wisconsin was the first state in the US to abolish the death penalty, back in 1853.
Can a sixteen year old get the death penalty?
In the US, no. The Supreme Court found that minors could not be sentenced to the death penalty.
How many states were there when the death penalty started?
There were the original 13 states, although the death penalty was established in the US long before the US was a separate nation.
How does the death penalty relate to federalism in the US?
It doesn't.
Should the us ban the death penalty?
yes
What percent of US States have the death penalty?
Thirty-four of the fifty states currently have the death penalty, or 68%For more information about the death penalty in the United States, see Related Questions, below.
When was the death penalty in the us?
Since before the inception of the US to the present day.
How does the death penalty effect the states that currently have the death penalty?
Don't quite understand the question. The application of the death penalty is one of the rights preserved to the states. There is no federal law that addresses, it or forbids it. Currently 35 of the 50 states plus the US Government and US Military have a death penalty in effect, although several have not exercised it in some time.
Is the death penalty a law?
The "death penalty," also known as capital punishment, is not a law but a consequence for committing specific, serious crimes such as murder, treason, etc.Not all countries use capital punishment.
