Lethal injection is not the only method used to carry out the death penalty, but it is the most commonly used method in the United States. Other methods that have been used historically include electrocution, gas chamber, hanging, and firing squad. The method of execution can vary depending on the laws of the state or country where the death penalty is being carried out.
Capital punishment is essentially synonymous with the death penalty. Though there are varying specific methods that could be used, if the person doesn't eventually die as a result, then it's not capital punishment.
The death penalty is only used for treason and to a limited degree in the military.
The Death Penalty
The death penalty.
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 it against the 8th Amendmant? Is it justified in the state in which it is being used? Which costs more the Death Penalry or Life in Prision? In my research I found that It is against the 8th Amendmant being as it gives people the right to kill. For the 2nd one some methods of the death penalty aren't allowed in certain states because it is against their law. The Death Penalty could actually cost about the same or even more than life in Prision.
Yes, but rarely used.
SOME states have passed legislaion outlawing the death penalty. Many, including the Federal Government, have not.
If the death penalty is right depends on each person's interpretation of right and wrong and on their individual set of values and morals. After all, in certain states, the death penalty is used and in other it is banned.
The death penalty is unconstitutional, as decided by the Constitutional Court in the case of S v Makwanyane and AnotherSee related link
It's been used since ancient times.