Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

The death penalty, otherwise known as capital punishment, is a federal punishment in which the life of a suspect convicted of a heinous crime is sentenced to death. This puts a halt on the ability of a criminal to commit deadly crimes against society such as rape and murder. The first execution (usage of the death penalty) to take place in the United States was a death by hanging in the colony of Jamestown. However, there are several methods of execution that can be used to conduct the death penalty. Many methods are criticized by the media and seen as inhumane (gas chambers, electrocution, firing squad, etc.). Though those tried and given the death penalty all face the same fate, but the degree of effectiveness given by different executional methods varies. Three of the quickest and most efficient

Hanging, also known as lynching, is the practice of strangulating a person via rope and causing them to asphyxiate. Lynching was once seen as a criminal act in which gangs of organized people or solo perpetrators selected groups of people to murder. However, hanging has been considered an alternative to prison that requires a little amount of time to become effective. Prisoners are usually weighed before being hung, so that the noose used to hold their weight can provide a ragged barrier between the airways. The person in then hoisted up and the rapid motion of the rope being lifted causes a dislocation between the neck and the shoulder blades, thus blocking the flow of air into the body and potentially decapitating the person being serviced. The practice of hanging has been cruel and unusual punishment which is the forefront of the Eighth Amendment. The cruelness comes in the fact that the person being hoisted by the noose can feel the pressure of the rope choking them to death. Hanging is illegal in most states and seen more commonly in the Eastern