History Of The Death Penalty

“I believe that more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.”-Nancy Reagan (Reagan) Nancy Reagan was a strong supporter of the death penalty, and even though some people may not agree with her, it is almost certain that most would have a strong opinion about it. The death penalty has been an on-going issue in the United States for many years and it brings about strong emotions no matter which side you choose. Even though the major issue is the death penalty there are still many details that many people do not think about. The death penalty laws started back in the Eighteenth Century B.C in the Code of King Hammaurabj of Babylon. Death sentences were carried out by many different ways like drowning, crucifixion, and burning

By 2009, all states that had the death penalty used lethal injections to carry out the punishment. It is now changing once again, due to the shortage of the drug used in the three drug protocol to paralyze the inmate during his execution. Another way that the death penalty has changed, is that the public is being more educated on the methods of the it. By having the public being educated on the death penalty, it has caused people to divide and caused controversy to see if the death penalty should stay or be gotten rid of in the states. Right now in the state of Nebraska, a lot of the citizens are having a particularly hard time deciding what should be done with Death Penalty. Nebraska's Governor, Pete Ricketts has made clear that he wants the death penalty to stay in his state. He wants it so badly that when the legislature voted to abolish the state's death penalty he said would veto the bill, and that is exactly what he did. When Pete Ricketts and his father made news headlines because they took $300,000 of their own money to keep the death penalty, that raised some questions all throughout the state of Nebraska. Some have said questioned, if it is alright for Ricketts to use his own personal money to further his personal view on the death penalty. Also people are concerned with the separation of powers in the state of Nebraska. (Mother

Another argument that comes up within the death penalty is the cost. When someone looks at the death penalty cost, they have to see if the case has LWOP, because there can be a major difference is the amount that has to be spent on the prisoner's death. Now, there is not a lot to base on it because since 1976, 33 individuals have been put in death row but only 3 have been executed. Now that is not a lot of go on but it is something. Prosecuting the death penalty in the state of Nebraska has been shown to strain the local governments budget. In one prosecuted case, it was estimated to be $750,000. In 1995, the Nebraska Unicameral came up with the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy. The purpose of creating this commission was to provide legal assistance to public defenders and court-appointed attorneys. By doing this is will aid people who are charged with first-degree murder, serious violence, and drug-related felonies, and the Commission think that the costs will not burden the county in this