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“What I Already Know/What I Wanted to Know”
While reading Just Mercy I became very curious about what life was like, on death row for the inmates and how did how the inmates were treated change over time. Just Mercy and other stories I hear or read about death row, made me curious on how they live on death row.
I already knew that some inmates can be on death row for a decent amount of time almost their whole lifes. The process of getting their execution date is why their time on death row can be so long. I didn’t know much more about what their lives were like, besides that it seemed they had less privileges than other inmates and had harsher living conditions.
I wanted to know, why were conditions so much harsher, considering that they …show more content…

“Conditions on Death Row” was the biggest help to my search. It explained everything I wanted to know about how inmates lived on death row. It explained the physcolgical effects death row can cause, along with physical and how many death row inmates suffer from mental issues from being held on death row for an extensive amount of time. “Time on Death Row” helped me understand why it can take so long for inmates to get their exucation dates and the process of executions and that there is no accurate time for an inmate to be on death row and its different for each individual. I saved these articles, and many others to help me understand and reference for my …show more content…

In 1608 there was about one execution, compared to the year 1850 where there was about 4000 executions made. The years between 1900 to 1972 there was almost 8000 executions, performed in the United States. Nevertheless, in 1973 to 2002 the number executions dropped greatly to around 1000 executions. (Table 1). As previously stated the death penalty has gone through drastic changes throughout history, ecpecially the number of executions through the years This chart* chronicles the United State’s use of the death penalty over the past four centuries. The chart highlights the gradual rise in use of capital punishment in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries; a peak of executions in the early 20th century; moratorium; and then the resumption of executions after moratorium” ( “History of the Death Penalty” Tabel 1). Capital punishments has gone through a lot, throught out the time period. Today in America around 2,500 prisoners currency are facing exuction. California has a total of 690 prisoners. ( “Death Row” Tabel 2). In the end, the death penatly and exuction system have change dramticly and will countiue to change throught out history. It will always be up and down in the

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