2. Early Death Penalty Laws The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon. The first recorded execution in the new colonies was that of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. Kendall was executed for being a spy for Spain.

3. Most use method of Death Penalty Lethal injection Electrocution Gas chamber Firing squad Hanging

4. Estimated cost of Death Penalty California has spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment since it was reinstated in 1978. Death Penalty Costs North Carolina Nearly $11 Million a Year Florida Spent Average of $3.2 Million per Execution from 1973 to 1988.

7. Pros The pro side argues that man’s innate desire to live and a fear of death aids in preventing and decreasing crime. People who do support the death penalty, say it is morally justified in cases like murder. The death penalty guarantees that those executed will not commit more crimes.

8. Cons The cons for the death penalty include possibly prosecuting an innocent person. The death penalty process is a traumatizing experience for their love ones. Death penalty goes against almost every religion The death penalty is much more expensive than life without parole

9. Public Opinion

10. Work Cited: The death penalty information center. “Description of execution methods” Death penalty information center, web 28, July 2015. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution Lauri S. Friedman, The Death Penalty, Farmington Hills, Mi. Christine Nasso. 2011 Greenhaven Press. Geoffrey Abbott, Execution, New York, S.T. Martin’s press 2006. The death penalty information center. “Cost” Death penalty center, web 28 July 2015. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penaltyhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty Human rights now blog “Most Voters Prefer Alternatives to the Death Penalty” Brian Evans November 16, 2010, web 31, July 2015