methods of execution that is still used, though in only three states, is hanging. This method is based on the persons weight; therefore the person must be weighed prior to the hanging. The right amount of weight is needed in the drop to make sure that the death is instant and of minimal bruising (Sandholzer, 1999). If the weight is not of the proper amount it can cause a person to be strangled or possibly beheaded. The way that this is performed is by the use of a noose, which is placed behind the persons left ear. When dropped the persons neck is dislocated, causing death. The last of executions still used, which is also an old one, is shooting by a firing squad. Execution by a firing squad is the most popular in the world. More than sixty countries use it as a method. In the United States, however, only three states use shooting by a fire squad as a sentence to the death penalty. The way in which a shooting takes place starts by the prisoner being bound to a chair and placed in front of an oval wall. The doctor locates the heart by use of a stethoscope and places a target over it. Only twenty feet from the target are the trained shooters. Only one of the shooters gun holds the bullet that will take the life of the convict. They all shoot their guns at once, so that no one knows who made the fatal shot. All of these procedures are done fast, and with the least amount of pain possible, if any at all. For anyone to say that these methods are not humane, would be unrealistic. The convicts whom have been sentenced to walk the green mile have really gotten off easy in my eyes. Many of them have committed cruel, torturous acts on innocent human beings. Why do they deserve to die in a peaceful, humane way? They dont, but because under our constitution no one shall under go cruel and unusual punishment, though that is what they have done to others. Felons should feel lucky that capital punishment is so humane. Death Row Sentencing There are m...
