How would you feel a minute before the lethal injection, although you were sure about your innocence? This question relates to one of the oldest punishments in history - the death penalty. Capital punishment existed long before creation of its legal application in the court system. As countries developed, they brought capital punishment into their legal systems. The Bible was used by the English as a reference for executing offenders. Later on, capital punishment was …showed first 75 words of 1957 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1957 total…usinfo.state.gov Welsh, James. "The death penalty" Lancet Dec 2005: 24-25. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO HOST Research Databases. Otonas and Raimonda Balciunai Library, Klaipėda, Lithuania 16 Nov. 2005. http://search.epnet.com Yunker, James A. "A New Statistical Analysis of Capital Punishment Incorporating U.S. Postmoratorium Data." Social Science Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing Limited) June 2001:297. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO HOST Research Databases. Otonas and Raimonda Balciunai Library, Klaipėda, Lithuania 16 Nov. 2005. http://search.epnet.com