This essay is about Capital Punishment and why it should be abolished and why it is brutal and barbaric Report - Capital Punishment in the U.S.         At one time in the United States, when there was widespread community participation in executions, people closed their stores and schools, and watched a condemned person being paraded to the gallows. Concession booths were set up, and often politicians took advantage of the mass of people and got …showed first 75 words of 2441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2441 total…Otis Stephens, was executed in Georgia on December 12, 1984 by electrocution. However, the first charge of electricity that they gave him failed do the job and the man struggled to breath for eight minutes before they gave him another charge.(LEO, p.86). How much did he suffer for those eight minutes. Count eight minutes on your watch and imagine through that time, experiencing unimaginable, intense pain. Those would be the longest eight minutes of your life.