Death penaltys

Here are some other offenses other then murder that have had a sentence to execution

In the 2007, Texas passed a law that stated a second conviction of rape to a child under the age of 14 is punishable by the death penalty.

In 2006, Oklahoma, if you are charged with rape or Sodomy of a victim under the age of 14 years old and you have had a prior conviction of the same offense then you will be punish with the death penalty.

In 2006, South Carolina, a law was passed that if you sexually abuse a minor under the age of 11 years old then your conviction is execution by means of the state.

In 1995, In Louisiana, if you are convicted with aggravated rape of child under the age 13 years old then you will receive the death penalty.

MY OPINION ON DECISIONS OF EXECUTION

Should the inmate or prisoner be allowed to choose his or her method of death?

I feel that the prisoner should be allowed to choose his method of death sentence. I feel that the law should be that if an inmate/prisoner was found guilty of committing a murder then they should not be allowed to choose there own death method, it should be up to the family of the victim that was murdered in which they would vote on the best method for the case. The reason I said that is because if they took someone’s life away even if it was an accident, they should not be allowed to choose their method because they took someone’s life and that person could not decide what their method of death would be. It’s unfair to the person who was killed. I feel that this method makes the case much more even.

If the inmate/ prisoner did not commit a murder but his/her crime was a major felony, or the criminal was apart of a murder case and was found guilty then he/she should be able to choose the way they are executed. I honestly feel that not even the government should be allowed to kill someone. No one has the right to take another life, but sadly it happens everyday in America.

SOURCE= NICK GRAHAM

FIRING SQUAD: THE OPINION

The probable and most occurring outcome in this method of execution is that the inmate dies as a result of blood loss caused by the rupture of the heart, a major blood vessel, or the tearing of a lung. It is also said that the prisoner dies because of losing consciousness when shock from the fall of blood supply in their brain sets in. If the shooters miss the heart by an accident or intention, the prisoner will suffer a horrible death by bleeding out slowly. Another opinion of mines is that the bullet may hurt you upon entry. There is no evidence that it will not hurt before you die. People that survive being shot often say the pain is unbearable and there is a certain burning sensation, now you can imagine being shot in the chest by a rifle and you survive the shooting, that pain might put you in a state of shock and kill you.

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/capitalpunishment/ig/Types-of-Executions/Execution-by-Firing-Squad.htm

FIRING SQUAD: THE RARE METHOD

Another rare form of Capital punishment is the method of firing squad. It is considered rare because of its outcome is not always death; there have been rare cases in which the prisoners actually lived through the execution. This method still remains the main method of execution in Idaho. The most recent use of this method was in Utah, 1996. A prisoner by the name of John Albert Taylor was executed by his own choosing.

In the method the prisoner is bound to a chair with leather straps across the prisoner’s body, legs, and arms. The chair is surrounded by sand-bags to absorb the inmate’s blood. The inmates face is covered with a dark or black hood completely. Then a doctor is ask to locate the heart of the prisoner heart and covers it with a white cloth, or a red target sign. From about 20 feet away, 5 shooters are given 30. Caliber rifles with single fire. One of the five shooter’s gun is loaded with blank rounds. Each shooter aims through a slot in a canvas at the inmate, and fires until inmate is pronounced dead.

http://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/teacher/c/about/methods/firingsquad.htm

MY VIEWS ON HANGING

I have always had a strong dislike for this method of execution. I first heard about this method through the horrible stories from my grandfather and how he grew up in South Carolina. The reason I dislike this method of execution the most is because I am of African American descent, and during the slave era most of the African American people that were executed were hung by white slave owners or members of the infamous KKK. I also feel that strangulation is a horrible way to die. Most theories of hanging prove this wrong, it is said that the rope is measured for the victim’s height and weight so that he or she does not choke rather the rope break their necks. I feel that this method of execution affected many of my ancestor’s lives as well as the lives of others who followed.