Process: The condemned is strapped to a chair and a black hood is put over their head. This ensures that the body does not move before getting killed as there has to be a precise shot. There are usually sandbags around the chair so that they can soak up the excess blood. Doctors locate the…
Author: miabruzzo
Hanging
Process: The day before the execution, the inmate is weighed so that a rehearsal hanging can be done with a sandbag. They do this to ensure that death is as quick as possible. If the rope is too short, then it can lead to strangulation and it could take up to 45 minutes of struggling…
Gas Chamber
Process: The condemned is strapped into a chair inside an air-tight container. Below the chair is a pail of sulfuric acid. After an okay from the warden, the executioner releases a pellet of sodium cyanide into the pail where a chemical reaction occurs. Hydrogen cyanide gas, which is visible to the prisoner and the people…
Electrocution
Process: The condemned’s head is shaved and is then strapped into a chair where belts are tired across the chest, groin, legs, and arms. Then a metal electrode is attached to the scalp, forehead, and legs, and a blindfold is placed on the prisoner. The execution team then leaves the observation room. After that, a…
Lethal Injection
Process: The commended person is tied to a gurney while two needles (one is used for backup) are inserted into each arm. Then a curtain is raised exposing the inmate to witnesses in the adjoining room. They are then given 3 different drugs through their IV. First, sodium thiopental, an anesthetic, which puts the inmate…
5 Legal Ways of Execution 