While Life, liberty , and the pursuit of happiness is a well known phrase to U.S citizen, capital punishment is becoming a well-known form of punishment to U.S Criminals. Capital Punishment, also referred to as the death penalty is when one is sentenced to death followed by an execution by the state. Although lethal injection is used the most in the united states to execute those sentenced to death, there are other ways to carry out the execution including gas inhalation, and electrocution. Capital offenses are those that are punishable by death . These offenses include murder , treason, espionage, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Many people believe that the death penalty violates the 8th amendment by using cruel and unusal punishment., "Even longtime supporters of the death penalty, including former prosecutors and state …show more content…
Approximately 2 percent of them were botched, some of them when the condemned caught on fire and filled the death chamber with smoke and the smell of burning flesh". ("The Overwhelming Evidennce,2017").As of 2014 the electric chair is an alternative form of execution in Alabama, Florida, South Carolia, and Virgina. As with all forms of execution the condemmed person will be strapped to a chair while an electrode is placed on their shaved head and leg. A mask is put over their face because the electrocution can sometimes cause burns to the face, which would be disturbing to an audience. The electrocution then sends electirc currents to the electrods on the head and leg. The first, more powerful, jolt of electric current is intended to pass through the head and cause immediate unconsciousness and brain death The second, less powerful, jolt is intended to cause fatal damage to the vital organs. "By today's standards, electrocution could be considered a "painful and torturous" method of execution compared to lethal injection, Dieter said."(Tennessee