Death Penalty Final Assessment Government

America was influenced by Britain on the use of the death penalty. Britain had the biggest impact on America more than any other country. European settlers brought the practice of the death penalty and capital punishment over to America. Since Britain influenced America on the death penalty the death penalty was imposed for minor offences such as stealing and trading with Indians. During the abolitionist movement, abolitionists tried to rewrite the death penalty laws. They tried to reduce the use of the death penalty by only imposing it for crimes such as treason and murder. During the nineteenth century the abolitionist movement started to show through and many states started to reduce the number of capital crimes and the states made it so the deaths weren’t seen in public but in correctional facilities. During this time the some states started abolishing the death penalty and capital punishment while some states keep the death penalty. During the civil war the death penalty died down because more attention was given to the anti-slavery movement. After the war the first electric chair was introduced in New York as a execution method and it was soon adopted in other. states. After the 19th century during the twentieth century the united states was in a time period called the “progressive Period”. During this time 6 states outlaws the death penalty while 3 states limited it to crimes that rarely happened. Also during this time cyanide gas was introduced in Nevada this was because it was seen as a more humane way to kill humans. Also during the 20th century the death penalty was challenged in the court. It was challenged because it didn’t follow the 8th amendment the death penalty was seen as cruel and unusual. To modern day the death penalty is still used today in some states and most of the older punishments have been removed because of it not following the 8th amendment most people who receive the death penalty are killed ...

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