POLS 3700 Lecture Notes - Execution By Firing Squad, Execution Chamber, Organ Transplantation
5 May 2018
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The son of Glen Ernst Lich, Stephen Lich, chose to attend the execution of his father’s
murderer without knowing what kind of emotion he would feel afterwards. As he watched the
person who wronged his father and family finally get punished, Stephen Lich stated that he had
finally confronted the horrible thing that had brought such grief into his life, and walked out
feeling that he had won. (Lich, 2014) Like Stephen Lich, other families of the victims would
finally get closure on the part of their lives that was so burdening on their lives. Knowing that the
killer is no longer a threat to their family or their emotional well-being would finally give the
family an opportunity to confront their emotions and opponent. The family members can also
view their presence in the execution chamber as a final opportunity to represent their murdered
family member through the criminal justice process. By viewing the execution, they would get a
sense of relief and justice knowing that the one who wronged their family would not harm
anyone else or cause hurt and pain to any other family as they are feeling.
Organ Donation
There are over 121,000 individuals placed on waiting lists nationwide for organs.
Although there are various controversies to the topic, people executed by lethal injection are very
suitable to donate organs. Prisoners who are executed by lethal injection can give back to society
as a means of retribution or doing good, and in the process, can save many lives that are in need
of organs.
Unlike the other execution methods such as electrocution or the firing squad, lethal
injection is a good way to achieve brain death without harming any of the organs of the
condemned. Electrocution burns the organs internally, and the firing squad shoots and damages a
vital organ in the body as its execution process. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS),
a nonprofit organization that manages the organ transplant system in the United States, has taken
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Document Summary
The son of glen ernst lich, stephen lich, chose to attend the execution of his father"s murderer without knowing what kind of emotion he would feel afterwards. Knowing that the killer is no longer a threat to their family or their emotional well-being would finally give the family an opportunity to confront their emotions and opponent. The family members can also view their presence in the execution chamber as a final opportunity to represent their murdered family member through the criminal justice process. By viewing the execution, they would get a sense of relief and justice knowing that the one who wronged their family would not harm anyone else or cause hurt and pain to any other family as they are feeling. There are over 121,000 individuals placed on waiting lists nationwide for organs. Although there are various controversies to the topic, people executed by lethal injection are very suitable to donate organs.
