A new medical study says that lethal injection, the accepted practice of putting prisoners to death in the United States, can possibly result in a very slow death. It can be extremely painful, and some inmates may actually be conscious, unable to move, as they suffocate. Public Library of Science (PLoS), an online medical journal, ...
Even though some people believe that some criminals should not be allowed to exist in society, the death penalty should be abolished because many religions teach that killing is a sin. I also believe that a quick and painless death is not severe enough punishment for some criminals. Do you think that criminals should be ...
This article was originally published on GrasstopsUSA.com. The recent lawsuit before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection as cruel and unusual punishment is outright ludicrous. The suit, filed by Kentucky death row inmates Ralph Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling, Jr., has already been rejected by the Kentucky Supreme Court, but opponents of ...
Is killing a murderer justice, or retaliation? Capital punishment is a subject that has been under debate for many years. Capital punishment is also known by other names such as the death sentence, execution, and the death penalty, but whatever the name is, the meaning remains the same; a person convicted of a capital crime ...
In the United States, over 1,000 inmates have been subdued to death due to Capital Punishment initiated by the government. Capital Punishment, frequently and more famously known as the “death penalty”, is without a doubt the most controversial punishment that can be dealt to a criminal for their wrong doings. In many of the states ...
There are several forms of approved capital punishment that states have to choose from. These capital punishments include lethal injection, electrocution, the gas chamber, hangings, and the firing squad. However, the overwhelming majority of States choose lethal injection as their primary source of capital punishment. Ohio is one of those States that use lethal injection ...
