Death Penalty: The Numbers.

There are so many strong believers and advocates for the

Death Penalty: The Numbers.

There are so many strong believers and advocates for the death penalty and almost as many people against it. Whether you have your own opinion on it or not, there are places that the law still allows for the death penalty.

Places Where Death Penalty Is Legal.

There are 24 states in America where the death penalty is legal:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming.

Every day, people are executed and sentenced to death in countries around the world as punishment for a variety of crimes – sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized. In some countries, it can be for drug-related offences, and in others, it is reserved for terrorism-related acts and murder.

Methods Of Death Penalty

In the past, the means of execution in the United States were hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad and lethal injection. Some methods mentioned above have been since been outlawed. The most prevalent method still in use is a lethal injection and 1356 executions using this method have been performed since 1976.

Death Penalty Right Now…

In 2020, there have been 483 executions performed in a total of 18 countries. You may think that this number is outrageous, but did you know that this number has known a decline from the 657 registered in 2019.

Most executions have taken place in China, the world’s leading executioner. China is followed by Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In 2020, more than a hundred countries have discarded the death penalty.

Cases Of Death Penalty.

There are a lot of criminal cases immortalized in American history. Let’s have a look at some of the most infamous of these.

Aileen Wuornos

Aged 46, Aileen Carol Pittman was executed by lethal injection. She was accused of first-degree murders of seven men in a period of one year, and her executions took place on October 9, 2002. Following her executions, she was represented in pop culture through literature, documentaries, television, music and films.

Frank Abbandando

Aged 31, Frank Abbandando was executed in the electric chair on February 19, 1942. He was known for his contract killing job (hitman). Frank Abbandando has 30 known victims but it is said that his list of victims may be lengthier.

Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy

Last but not least, Ted Bundy. You may already be familiar with his long list of misdeeds. Bundy was executed by the electric chair, aged 42. The latter confessed to 20 murders but is believed that there were many more victims.

One interesting fact is that after the executions, scientists removed Bundy’s brain to see if there might be a physiological explanation to his actions, but none were found.

Executed But Innocent

Given the flaws of human judgment, the risk of an innocent person being executed has always existed. Despite the fact that mistakes had undoubtedly been committed in the past, it was assumed that such instances were rare.

Since 1973, 186 former death-row inmates have been cleared of all charges related to their erroneous convictions. Unfortunately, attorneys normally do not dwell on the cases and move on to to the next one once the person is dead. But there are some cases that the evidence of innocence was very solid; for example, Carlos DeLuna was executed in 1989 by lethal injection but it is now believed that the law made a name mistake and that they executed the wrong Carlos DeLuna. Imagine being killed for namesake…

The death penalty is an extensive debate and shall remain one. Different law advocates have different opinions about the matter… what is your opinion on the death penalty? Let us know in the comments.

and almost as many people against it. Whether you have your own opinion on it or not, there are places that the law still allows for the death penalty.

Places Where Death Penalty Is Legal.

Places Where Death Penalty Is Legal.

There are 24 states in America where the death penalty is legal:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming.

Every day, people are executed and sentenced to death in countries around the world as punishment for a variety of crimes – sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized. In some countries, it can be for drug-related offences, and in others, it is reserved for terrorism-related acts and murder.

Methods Of Death Penalty

In the past, the means of execution in the United States were hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad and lethal injection. Some methods mentioned above have been since been outlawed. The most prevalent method still in use is a lethal injection and 1356 executions using this method have been performed since 1976.

Death Penalty Right Now…

In 2020, there have been 483 executions performed in a total of 18 countries. You may think that this number is outrageous, but did you know that this number has known a decline from the 657 registered in 2019.

Most executions have taken place in China, the world’s leading executioner. China is followed by Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In 2020, more than a hundred countries have discarded the death penalty.

Cases Of Death Penalty.

There are a lot of criminal cases immortalized in American history. Let’s have a look at some of the most infamous of these.

Aileen Wuornos

Aged 46, Aileen Carol Pittman was executed by lethal injection. She was accused of first-degree murders of seven men in a period of one year, and her executions took place on October 9, 2002. Following her executions, she was represented in pop culture through literature, documentaries, television, music and films.

Frank Abbandando

Aged 31, Frank Abbandando was executed in the electric chair on February 19, 1942. He was known for his contract killing job (hitman). Frank Abbandando has 30 known victims but it is said that his list of victims may be lengthier.

Ted Bundy

Last but not least, Ted Bundy. You may already be familiar with his long list of misdeeds. Bundy was executed by the electric chair, aged 42. The latter confessed to 20 murders but is believed that there were many more victims.

One interesting fact is that after the executions, scientists removed Bundy’s brain to see if there might be a physiological explanation to his actions, but none were found.

Executed But Innocent

Given the flaws of human judgment, the risk of an innocent person being executed has always existed. Despite the fact that mistakes had undoubtedly been committed in the past, it was assumed that such instances were rare.

Since 1973, 186 former death-row inmates have been cleared of all charges related to their erroneous convictions. Unfortunately, attorneys normally do not dwell on the cases and move on to to the next one once the person is dead. But there are some cases that the evidence of innocence was very solid; for example, Carlos DeLuna was executed in 1989 by lethal injection but it is now believed that the law made a name mistake and that they executed the wrong Carlos DeLuna. Imagine being killed for namesake…

The death penalty is an extensive debate and shall remain one. Different law advocates have different opinions about the matter… what is your opinion on the death penalty? Let us know in the comments.