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LINDSAY

z was serving a life sentence for the same crime. He was a schoolteacher before the murder, and said that he wasted 12 years of his life in prison.DNA has also proven the guilt of people as well. Robert Lee Massie was convicted of a double murder by DNA and died of lethal injection 21 years after his imprisonment. He spent 13 years in prison for the death of a woman during a robbery, got out, and killed a liqueur storeowner. He spent a total of 21 years in prison for both murders and was executed by lethal injection. The Supreme Court said that Massie was going to drop his appeals, and that the judge’s order to keep the curtains open for the whole procedure was to stay in effect. This shows that they were absolutely certain that they had the right guy. The five workers that injected Massie only took off their ID badges to keep their identities unknown. The possibility for DNA tests was offered to 201 death row inmates, and none of them took advantage of the opportunity. Prosecutors say that this shows how accurate the trial was, and it proves that they really are guilty. Just because none of the 201 signed up for DNA tests, doesn’t mean that the opportunity shouldn’t be there. Someone along the way will have the need for it, and it should be available to him or her. People on trial should have the option before the final verdict is cast, because original evidence gets thrown away after a certain date, and they might want a test after the evidence is gone. The many forms of execution are too horrific to put an innocent person through. One of these is the gas chamber. The gas chamber is called a pan, and there is a chair that the prisoner gets secured to. Hydrochloric acid enters the pan. The acid stops the flow of blood in the body. Eight oz. Of potassium cyanide tablets get added to the acid, producing hydrocyanic gas. The victim becomes unconscious after one breath of the gas, and they die within 16-18 minutes after...

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