(Tabak54) Throughout the years of the death penalty there has been several forms of execution including: hanging, facing a firing squad, lethal injection, electrocution, and the gas chamber, but in recent years only two types of execution have been used, lethal injection and the electric chair. ...

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Before the 18th Century prisons were just a means for holding prisoners before trial rather than for use as 'punishment'. Sanctions for criminal behavior tended to be public events which included whipping, branding, physical torture and even execution. This was designed to shame the criminal and det...

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