The first question that should be addressed, is whether or not we should enforce and even carry out capital punishment. ... To understand more about capital punishment, we must understand the legal requirements and judicial procedures to be summoned to executions. ... Capital punishment does have some positive affects. ... It allows society to act upon these crimes in a suitable fashion, which in turn creates deterrence to commit these types of crimes. ... It will be more of an issue of ratings than punishment through retribution and deterring society. ...

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With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. ... In France, the method of execution was intended to match the crime and the convict's social rank. ... More states began to reduce the number of capital crimes and made laws more flexible. By 1846 in Michigan, treason was the only capital crime. ... The chamber is of octagonal shape and the condemned person is strapped into a chair, and a stethoscope is strapped to his chest and connected to ear pieces in a witness room so that the doctor can note when the heart stop beatin...

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