POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gas Chamber
15 Sep 2016
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Law enforcement agencies have assets, (asset allocation) In death penalty cases, with the federal government and all states that do, the trial has to take place in two phases. Phase 1 is when the defendant is either found guilty or not guilty. The death penalty was deemed constitutional (1976)> but you can"t execute a juvenile, an adult who was a juvenile, someone who was insane, or mentally deficient at the time the crime was committed. Georgia uses lethal injection for execution, although it"s not a reliable method. California used to have a gas chamber for death penalty cases. In ga the identity of the executioner is secret and so is where the lethal injection was gotten from to carry out the execution. To knock you out: to paralyze you, stop your heart. > steps taken when the lethal injection is injected. Many people sentenced to death have killed someone they know, and it takes years to execute a person.
