CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN PA

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

• A guilty prisoner can be put to death
• Legal in PA

DEATH PENALTY IN PA

• 1834- PA moved death penalty to private facilities
• 1915- John Talap 1st executed by electric chair
• 1990- Gov. Casey legalized lethal injection
• May only be used in cases of 1st degree murder
• Currently 189 people on death row

DEATH PENALTY (CONT.)

• Include lethal injection and electric chair
• Electric chair- backup for several states
• Injection is faster and more humane

DEATH PENALTY (CONT.)

• Dates back to biblical times (stoning)
• Beheading in Early Europe/dark ages