Introduction

I chose this topic because I think its a topic that can be argued, both in favor and against. We can find different aspects of death penalties in general. It is applied in different techniques in the way, but they all end up in death. I personally believe that killing someone is never the solution, but i can be justified. People who want justice and revenge upon the person who killed a loved one will want to apply a death penalty as first reaction, but it depends on a judge's decision. Many emotions are concentrated in making this kind of decision and it is when Human Rights are envolved.

Types of Death Penalties

• Boiling
• Breaking wheel
• Burning
• Crucifixion
• Crushing
• Decapitation
• Disembowelment
• Dismemberment
• Electrocution
• Firing squad
• Flaying
• Impaling
• Slow slicing
• Necklacing
• Sawing
• Shooting
• Stoning
• Torture
• Nitrogen asphyxiation

Lethal Injection

Injecting a person with fathal drugs for inmediate death.

Electric Chair

It was originated in the United States .
It is all about strapping the person to a wooden chair and electrocuting him/her through electrodes which are around the body. It would damage organs but initially it was invented to go directly to the brain and kill it.
It was used for the first time in 1890 in the United States. Now in the 21st century its unusual, but in 2008 it became an option of execution.

Gas Chamber

It consists of a sealed chamber where poisonous gas is released.

Hanging

Suspension by the neck.
This picture is from 1979, but you can get an idea of what it looked like.
Is one of the most common death penalties.