Capital Punishment is the maximum penalty of a conviction. More than 4,400 people have been executed since 1930. There is no way of knowing how many people that have been executed in U.S history because they usedto be local affairs with nobody to record them. It has beena topic of debate for many years. Capital Punishment has been grabbing attention over the years. For example, in 1936, about 20,000 people gathered in Owensboro, Kentucky, on the morning of August 14 to see the hanging of a 22 year old black man by the name of Rainey Bethea. Many people have also died wrongfully. Sacco and Vangetti were two Italian immmigrants that were accused of payroll robbery. Although these guys had there alibies of were they were at the time, they still was convicted of the crime and sentence to death by the electric chair. Nearly every culture throught history has practice capital punishment. Quarting was a type of execution in Europe. Quarting is beingtorn apart by horses. In India, execution were sometimes carried out by having a elephant crush the condemned's head. In modern times, societies have sought to make execution more "humane." Such was the goal of the guillotine, which severed the head with a heavy blade, and the electric chair which kills with a massive dose of electric current. The Constitution of the United States guarantees to every citizen certain fundamental rights . The first Amendment, for example guarantees freedom of religion, press,speech, petition, and assembly. The Second Amendment promises that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." The amendment most relevant to the issue of the death penalty is the Eighth Amendment. It reads that "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted." Although simple and straightforward these words sound, its not always clear what they mean. Thats because the words unusual punishment and cruel inflic...
