Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is a judicially ordered execution of a prisoner, as a punishment for a serious crime to preserve justice for society. Some jurisdictions that practice capital punishment restrict its use to a small number of criminal offenses, mainly treason and murder. In recent years in the United States, these have also included killings that occur during the course of some other violent felony, such as robbery or rape. Prisoners who have been sentenced to death are usually kept isolated from other prisoners in a special part of the prison pending their execution. In some places this segregated area is known as "Death Row."
The death penalty goes back as far as the Roman Law. Death sentences were carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement. Today there are several methods of execution. The most popular is electrocution, which uses the electric chair was......
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