Post on 23-Dec-2015
By Lincoln Miller
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
When a person is killed by the government.Usually for a fi rst-degree crime.Murder is the #1 Capital Punishment Crime.
WHAT IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?
First execution in Jamestown- 1608First execution by electric chair- 1888First execution by gas- 1924The US bans the Death Penalty temporarily-
1972Death Penalty Re-Established- 1997First Execution by Lethal Injection- 2001
THE HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Method Date State Convict
Electrocution January 16, 2013 Virginia Robert Gleason
Firing squad June 18, 2010 Utah Ronnie Lee Gardner
Lethal gas March 3, 1999 Arizona Walter LaGrand
Hanging January 25, 1996 Delaware William Bailey
TYPES OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Lethal Injection has become standard.
The last executions by past methodsare listed below.
STATES THAT HAVE A DEATH PENALTY
Standard execution method.Most common since 2001.
LETHAL INJECTION
Secondary method in Arizona, Missouri, and Wyoming.Not common.
LETHAL GAS
Secondary method in Oklahoma and Utah.Not common.
FIRING SQUAD
Was #1 execution method before 2001Still secondary method in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Not common.
ELECTROCUTION
Secondary method in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington.
Not common.
HANGING
Executed more inmates than any other stateExecuted 1266 people since 1976Ran low on injection drugs recentlyFound more 4 days ago
TEXAS AND HE DEATH PENALTY
Lethal Gas, Electrocution, Hanging, and Firing Squad are options in some states.
Not all states have the Death Penalty.Texas is #1.
IN CLOSING