Then the sentence could be either death by lynching, hanging, firing squad, quartering, drowning, stoning, dissection, burned at the stake, dragged behind a wagon, or even skinned. Here is a description of a few of these. A lynching is an unauthorized hanging or one with out a trial. Quartering was when a person is laid down and tied by rope to four horses and then all at once ripped into four different sections. Dissection is when a person is actually dissected while he or she is alive.
Capital punishment presents many social and ethical questions.
Supporters of the death penalty believe that it is good because it acts as a deterrent, keeping the criminals from committing the same crimes again. Supporters also believe that the sentencing of the death penalty will discourage others from committing crimes that will be punishable by death, it s a way to protect society. Those against capital punishment believe that society can be protected from criminals committing crimes again by sentencing the most dangerous criminals to life in prison. Many people who oppose capital punishment point to studies that show societies who sentence criminals to the death penalty tend to have more serious crime problems then those that do not sentence the death penalty. Including the most developing nations.