Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the severest form of

penalty for crime. The death penalty is illegal in some states. Whether or not the criminal

deserves the death penalty will be decided by a jury. To be considered for the death

penalty today, the crime must be no less severe than first degree murder which means

murder with premeditation, the suspect must be convicted of murder beyond all

reasonable doubts. Some other factors considered by the jury are the age of the victim,

the way the crime was committed, the number of victims and the history of the murderer.

There have been five methods of execution since recent history: Lethal Injection,

Gas Chamber, Electric Chair, Hanging and Firing Squad. Recently, most death penalties

have been carried out by lethal injection. The process of execution is as follows. After the

execution order is received, the condemned inmate is moved into a special security area

of the pri...