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Hanging, the firing squad, the gas chamber, the electric chair, lethal injection; these are some
present methods of the death penalty. Capital punishment has been used in America for a long time,
and has always presented conflicts. There are many groups that protest capital punishment, and there
are many groups that are for it. The controversies it presents have to do with the cost, if it is humane,
or if it is moral. With all of these problems taken into consideration, it is clear to anyone that capital
punishment is the wrong choice.
The early forms of the death penalty were not only much less humane than they are now, but
much more cruel and unusual. Hanging, one of the earliest forms, is actually still used in 3 states as
one form of capital punishment. The inmate would not get blindfolded, unlike most methods, then
they would stand on a stool or box. A noose would then be wrapped, and tightened, around their
neck. The box or stool is then kicked out from......

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