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DEATH PENALTY
INTRODUCTION
Death penalty is the killing of a person
The European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment
58 countries actively practice it
95 countries abolished it
1962: premeditated murder or murder with another offence with aggravating circumstances :
A murder has already been commited in the past
Several murders have been commited The murder has been commited with a rape,
a theft,… The murder has been commited to avoid an
arrest or to permit an escape
CASES IN WHICH DEATH PENALTY IS APPLIED
Methods
Lethal injection
Lethal injection
The prisoner and is tied to a strecher Two veins are used Three drugs:
◦ -sodium thiopental (makes the prisoner inconsious)
◦ -pancuronium bromite (paralyzes the diaphragm and lungs)
◦ -potassium chloride (makes the heart stop)
Lethal injection
Electrocution
Electrocution
A wet sponge is placed between the electrode and the prisoner's scalp
They send 2300 volts for eight seconds (1000 volts for 22 seconds and finally 2300 volts for eight seconds)
Electrocution
Lethal gas
Lethal gas
They use an airtight execution chamber
The gas provoke unconsciousness
Death is estimated to usually occur within 6 to 18 minutes of the lethal gas emissions.
Lethal gas
Hanging
Hanging
The short drop : - the prisoner is placed on the back of a horse and
a cart with the noose around the neck- the prisoner dies from strangulation
The standard drop:- it's a drop of between 1,2 and 1,8m - break the person's neck causing immediate paralisis
and unconsciousness
Hanging
Two famous serial killers
Ted Bundy
Born in 1946 in the United States The most famous serial killer He didn't look at all like a criminal He killed and raped 35 women He twice escaped from jail He was executed by eletric chair in Florida
Ted Bundy
Charles Manson
Leader of a community called “The Family” He became famous with a serie of murders
in Los Angeles He organised all the murders, telling what
to do to the others He organised all the murders, telling what
to do to the others The Family had killed more than 10 persons
Charles Manson
He was sentenced to death, but this punishment changed to jail for life
In 1975, a member of his family attempted to assassinate US president Gerald Ford
Now, Charles Manson and his followers are waiting for a possible liberation... This criminal could be free in 2012...
Charles Manson
The worst execution ?
Jospeh Lewis Clark
He was sentenced to die on November 28 in 1984 for the murder of 22-year-old David Manning
He is known for his execution which took 90 minutes !
Wrongful executions
Miscarriage of justice occuring when an innocent person is put to death.
Between 1973 and 2005, 123 people in 25 states were released from death row when new evidence of their innocence emerged
Once an execution has occured, the case is closed
Examples
Wayne Felker
He was the suspect in the disappearance of a woman in 1981
DNA evidence have cleared Felker or cast doubt on his guilt
There was even a signed confession from another suspect but Felker was executed in 1996
Wayne Felker
Colin Campbell Ross
He was accused of the rape and the murder of a child in Melbourne
In the 1990s, old evidence was re-examined with modern techniques which proved that Ross was innocent
Colin Campbell Ross
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