Death Penalty Outline

Understanding the Death punishment General Purpose My general purpose is to go on the audience a better understanding of the death penalty. Specific Purpose My purpose is to inform my audience slightly the different death penalty methods. launching I. We all k presently Thomas Edison as being the creator of the light bulb, but what most dont know is he executed animals employ his knowledge of electricity. Thats where it all began. II. The death penalty is the carrying into action of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense.III. It is also known as Capital Punishment. The two words merely mean the alike(p) thing. Some look at Death Penalty as being the penalty received whereas others look at Capital Punishment as being the actual execution. IV. What makes capital cases different from other cases is to a greater extent pre-trial time, more experts, more attorneys, and jurors have to be quizzed on their views of the death penalty. All crimes are not capital cases. alteration To begin lets pelf with the different methods of execution. Body I. in that respect are five methods of execution. . Lethal injection b. Electric chair c. Gas sleeping room d. Hanging e. Fire squad Transition First lets explore lethal injection. I. Lethal Injection is the primary source of execution used in the United States The U. S. became the first boorish to use lethal injection. There are three different drugs used in lethal injection. A. Sodium Thiopental- A sedative drug that puts you in a coma-like, unconsciousness sleep. B. Pancuronium Bromide- Prohibits all muscular-skeletal movements and paralyzes the diaphragm to stop respiration. C.Potassium Chloride- Interferes with the electrical signals of the heart, causing cardiac arrest. According to U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, along with Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito, There are a total of 36 states now use lethal injection as their most preval ent source of execution. 27 of the 36 solicit lethal injection to be the method of execution. There is a lethal injection machine, but rarely used because of the fear that it will not feat on the first try. II. Transition Another method is the Electric Chair.This is the method where a high voltage of electricity is sent through the body. A. Before the execution, the prisoners head and legs will be shaved where the electrodes are placed. The prisoners head, torso, arm, legs, hips, wrists and ankles are tightly fastened to the chair. (Robert O. Hippe, Judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals) B. A plate is placed around the prisoners head and left calf creating a path through the body. C. Larger sponges which have been soaked in solution are placed under each electrode, next to the prisoners skin.Burning is expected in electrocutions, so a fire extinguisher is unbroken close by. III. Transition A third method of execution is the gas chamber. A. During an execution, the prisoner is pl aced in an air-tight room where potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide is put into a pan of hydrochloric acid causing the prisoner to not be able to process hemoglobin, as stated in the article First Execution by Lethal Gas B. The prisoner then falls and chokes to death. C. Only 4 states in the U. S. allow gas chamber as a form of execution. D. Gas chamber is the most expensive method of execution.IV. Transition The fourth method of execution is hanging. A. The inmate must be weighed the day before the execution. A sandbag weighing the same as the prisoner is then used a test dummy to determine the length of drop necessary for a quick death. B. If the rope is too long, the inmate could be decapitated. If the rope is too short, it will result in a heavy death causing the tongue and eyes to protrude. C. Hanging was the most common source of execution in the U. S. up until the 1890s. V. Transition The final method of execution is the firing squad. A.Five shooters will aim at the prisone r, but only four will have live aim. One shooter has a dud that creates the same sound. B. They all shoot at an area the size the palm of your hand. (Kevin P. Robillard, Editorial Assistant at POLITICO) Conclusion I. Transition I have informed you about the death penalty and the five methods of execution. f. Lethal injection g. Electric chair h. Gas chamber i. Hanging j. Fire squad II. I hope that now you have a better understanding of the death penalty. WORKS CITED . Capital Punishment. ProCon. org. Encyclopedia Britannica , 25/04/2008.Web. 10 Sep 2012. . Richard, Dieter. ProCon. org. N. p. , 07/02/2007. Web. 10 Sep 2012. . . Forms of execution in the United States,1977-2009. ProCon. org. N. p. , 16/04/2008. Web. 10 Sep 2012. . . Did you know?. ProCon. org. N. p. , 08/05/2012. Web. 10 Sep 2012. .