The Death Penalty- Past Methods and Current Hot Topics: By Kristin Kirsch
Do you know what Flaying is? How about the percentage of people who get executed in the United States? The Death Penalty is a reoccurring and sensitive subject. Some people today still have big debate and controversial opinions about the topic. This website will help you get some background information on it. Information all the way from Past Methods of Execution in the U.S. and China to Current Hot Topics that people and the government have issues with today.
"I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty." -Michael Moore
"First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty." -Patricia Cornwell
"My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody." -Steve Earle
"I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty." -Michael Moore
"First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty." -Patricia Cornwell
"My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody." -Steve Earle