User talk:Trello23

The Death Penalty: The Truth behind Capital Punishment There are many different ways to execute a person such as lethal injection or the use of an electric chair, but are these methods humane? The fact is that these people are getting killed daily and no one is doing anything about it. People have been trying to fight the death penalty for a number of years now, and there are many mixed reviews for this subject. Such things as how bad does the crime committed by the individual have to be to get killed, and how should they be killed. Even though there have not been as many executions as of late, people are still being killed and many people think it is just not right. According to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, “There have been over 100 executions since 1994, many which have happened in Texas.”(Clark). There are many different types of executions, “Hanging is the oldest method of execution in the United States, but after the 19th century people stopped using it. There have only been three executions by hanging since 1977: Westly Dodd (WA 1993), Charles Campbell (WA 1994), and Billy Bailey (DE 1998),”(Clark). Another way a person can be executed it by firing squad. Only two people have been killed by firing squad since 1976. Only three states in the United States use this method, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Utah. Another form of execution is Lethal Gas. Lethal Gas has been used 31 times since Nevada first adopted it in 1924. Lethal Gas is seen as a better form of execution because it does not disfigure or mutilate the body. The last time lethal gas has been used was in 1999 in Arizona. Four different states use lethal gas, Arizona, California, Missouri, and Wyoming. The two most popular types of execution is lethal injection and electrocution. Electrocution was first used in 1888. New York was the first state to use electrocution. The first man electrocuted was William Kemmler in 1890. From 1930-1980 it was the most common used method of execution in the United States. The most popular execution now day is lethal injection. In 1977 Oklahoma became the first state to use lethal injection. The first execution however was in Texas in 1982, it was used on Charlie Brooks. Sixteen states and the federal government use lethal injection as the only way to be executed. Twenty other states use lethal injection as a primary method but also have other ways. As of April 1, 2008, 85% of the executions in the United States were done by lethal injection. While Capital Punishment does sound good to some people, some people hate it. One big argument is, “You are going to kill someone just because they killed someone, doesn’t that mean you should be killed to? If it was like this everyone would just have to execute everyone else,”(Burstein). This negative argument against capital punishment gives us the idea that the more we kill, the more we need to be killed. Also some people do not like capital punishment because they think the methods of execution are too brutal. Look up a picture on the internet of a person when they are killed by electrocution. It is very unconstitutional because the pain is so bad, and people should be able to leave this world peacefully. It does not matter what crime the person commits they should be allowed a peaceful death. On the other hand some people love capital punishment. 38% of people in our class think that it is ok to use the death penalty. If someone does a crime bad enough for the penalty then they deserve it. People think that this world needs to be on an “eye for an eye” mindset. They also think if people know they are going to be killed if they do certain crimes then maybe they won’t do them as much. So if our government puts fear in people such as capital punishment then there will be less murders, and horrible crimes. If the person does something bad enough then they deserve to be executed. This argument over capital punishment has been going on ever since executions started. I doubt that the people of The United States of America will come up with an answer of constitutional or not anytime soon. For now it is legal to execute a person and they will keep on doing it until told to stop.