1. By Lincoln Miller CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

2.  When a person is killed by the government.  Usually for a first-degree crime.  Murder is the #1 Capital Punishment Crime. WHAT IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?

3.  First execution in Jamestown- 1608  First execution by electric chair- 1888  First execution by gas- 1924  The US bans the Death Penalty temporarily- 1972  Death Penalty Re-Established- 1997  First Execution by Lethal Injection- 2001 THE HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

4. MethodDateStateConvict ElectrocutionJanuary 16, 2013VirginiaRobert Gleason Firing squadJune 18, 2010Utah Ronnie Lee Gardner Lethal gasMarch 3, 1999ArizonaWalter LaGrand HangingJanuary 25, 1996DelawareWilliam Bailey TYPES OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Lethal Injection has become standard. The last executions by past methods are listed below.

5. STATES THAT HAVE A DEATH PENALTY

6.  Standard execution method.  Most common since 2001. LETHAL INJECTION

7.  Secondary method in Arizona, Missouri, and Wyoming.  Not common. LETHAL GAS

8.  Secondary method in Oklahoma and Utah.  Not common. FIRING SQUAD

9.  Was #1 execution method before 2001  Still secondary method in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.  Not common. ELECTROCUTION

10.  Secondary method in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington.  Not common. HANGING

11.  Executed more inmates than any other state  Executed 1266 people since 1976  Ran low on injection drugs recently  Found more 4 days ago TEXAS AND HE DEATH PENALTY

12.  Lethal Gas, Electrocution, Hanging, and Firing Squad are options in some states.  Not all states have the Death Penalty.  Texas is #1. IN CLOSING