How the death penalty is done
The death penalty involves putting someone to death through a process that has been changed over time. In earlier years most executions were by hanging. Then as time went on it was by electric chair, and now since 1995, all executions have been by lethal injections. Nebraska is the only state that uses electrocution, but no states use lethal gas, hanging or firing squad as a sole method. The execution is chosen by the inmate but the date of their death sentence is unconstitutional.
Methods Of Execution
LETHAL INJECTION
Lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent until death is pronounced by a licensed physician according to accepted standards of medical practice. The most common problem encountered with this way of execution is collapsing veins and the inability to properly insert the IV. 16 states and the federal government authorize lethal injection as the sole method of execution. 20 other states provide for lethal injection as the primary method of execution.
Lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent until death is pronounced by a licensed physician according to accepted standards of medical practice. The most common problem encountered with this way of execution is collapsing veins and the inability to properly insert the IV. 16 states and the federal government authorize lethal injection as the sole method of execution. 20 other states provide for lethal injection as the primary method of execution.
ELECTRIC CHAIR
The convict has a current of electricity of good enough intensity pass through the body and cause death, they continue the current through the body until the convict is dead. Problems encountered include burning of varying degrees to parts of the body, and a failure of the procedures to cause death without repeated shocks. Only Nebraska currently uses electrocution as the main method of execution. 9 other states provide for electrocution as an alternative method.
The convict has a current of electricity of good enough intensity pass through the body and cause death, they continue the current through the body until the convict is dead. Problems encountered include burning of varying degrees to parts of the body, and a failure of the procedures to cause death without repeated shocks. Only Nebraska currently uses electrocution as the main method of execution. 9 other states provide for electrocution as an alternative method.
LETHAL GAS
Execution uses a steel airtight execution chamber, with a chair and attached restraints inside. The inmate is restrained at his chest, waist, arms, and ankles, and wears a mask during the execution. The chair has a metal container under the seat where Cyanide pellets are place. A metal canister is on the floor under the container filled with a sulfuric acid solution. There are three executioners, who each turn one key, and when the three keys are turned, an electric switch makes the bottom of the cyanide container to open allowing the cyanide to fall into the sulfuric acid solution, producing a lethal gas to kill the person. Only 4 states, Arizona, California, Missouri, and Wyoming, currently authorize lethal gas as their method of execution.
Execution uses a steel airtight execution chamber, with a chair and attached restraints inside. The inmate is restrained at his chest, waist, arms, and ankles, and wears a mask during the execution. The chair has a metal container under the seat where Cyanide pellets are place. A metal canister is on the floor under the container filled with a sulfuric acid solution. There are three executioners, who each turn one key, and when the three keys are turned, an electric switch makes the bottom of the cyanide container to open allowing the cyanide to fall into the sulfuric acid solution, producing a lethal gas to kill the person. Only 4 states, Arizona, California, Missouri, and Wyoming, currently authorize lethal gas as their method of execution.
HANGING
This execution uses a gallow area trapdoor and release mechanisms. These are checked for proper working manners. The rope has to be at least 30 feet in length and at least 3/4 in diameter. The rope is soaked, then stretched while it dried so it eliminates springiness, stiffness, and tendency to coil. The hangmans knot is used in military regulations and treated with wax, soap and clear oil. The end of the rope is tied to a grommet in the ceiling, then to a metal T shaped bracket which takes the force of the person that drops. Only 3 states, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington, currently authorize hanging as a method of execution.
This execution uses a gallow area trapdoor and release mechanisms. These are checked for proper working manners. The rope has to be at least 30 feet in length and at least 3/4 in diameter. The rope is soaked, then stretched while it dried so it eliminates springiness, stiffness, and tendency to coil. The hangmans knot is used in military regulations and treated with wax, soap and clear oil. The end of the rope is tied to a grommet in the ceiling, then to a metal T shaped bracket which takes the force of the person that drops. Only 3 states, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington, currently authorize hanging as a method of execution.
FIRING SQUAD
Executioner fires victim from short range at the back of the head or neck. The traditional firing squad is made up of three to six shooters per prisoner who is usually tied to a chair or to a stake. Hitting them in the head, causes rupture of the heart, great vessels, and lungs so that the person died of hemorrhage and shock. Sometimes the officer in charge has to give the prisoner a pistol shot to the head to finish them off after the initial volley has failed to kill them. Only 3 states, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Utah, currently authorize shooting as a method of execution.
Executioner fires victim from short range at the back of the head or neck. The traditional firing squad is made up of three to six shooters per prisoner who is usually tied to a chair or to a stake. Hitting them in the head, causes rupture of the heart, great vessels, and lungs so that the person died of hemorrhage and shock. Sometimes the officer in charge has to give the prisoner a pistol shot to the head to finish them off after the initial volley has failed to kill them. Only 3 states, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Utah, currently authorize shooting as a method of execution.
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