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| Why experts say there's no such thing as 'humane' execution |
| By cnn.com- Emanuella Grinberg |
| Published: 08/13/2015 |
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(CNN)Throughout the history of capital punishment in America, states have reviewed and revised execution methods in the interest of finding a more "humane" option. Hanging was the standard for much of the 19th century, as Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito noted in the court's recent ruling related to capital punishment New York led the charge in the 1880s to trade the hangman's noose for the electric chair based on a legislative commission's finding that electrocution was "the most humane and practical method known to modern science," and other states followed its lead. In 1921, Nevada adopted a new method -- lethal gas -- after concluding it was "the most humane manner known to modern science." And other states followed suit. Though some states kept the firing squad and hanging, electrocution remained the predominant method of state execution for much of the 20th century. After the court upheld capital punishment in 1976, lethal injection was eventually adopted in most states, yet again, in an effort to find a more "humane" way to carry out death sentences. Read More. |
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