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Capital Punishment

The most high profile execution of 2001 was undoubtedly that of Timothy Mcveigh. He was the one responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing that claimed 186 lives. He was given the choice between lethal injection and the electric chair. How kind of them to let him choose which way he was going to die. I don't understand how a person can look another person in the eye and tell them that they are going to die on a specific date. It's just not right.
Throughout history government has been putting people to death for wrongdoing. Methods of execution included practices such as crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stake, hanging and beheading. Today capital punishment is typically performed by a lethal gas or injection, electrocution, hanging, or firing squad. The only three states that have firing squads are Idaho, Oklahoma, and Utah. The death penalty is the most controversial issue in our world, with many different perspectives on the subject. Personally, I think th...

Posted by: John Mayes

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