Methods of Judicial Death

1) Death by
Electrocution
1) Death by Electrocution
A person is made to sit
on a chair made of
electrical conducting
materials with straps of
electrodes on both wrists,
ankles, and head.
1) Death by Electrocution

An alternating current
voltage of more than 1,500
volts is put on until the
convict dies.
1) Death by Electrocution
At Auburn Prison in New York,
the first execution by electrocution
in history is carried out against
William Kemmler, who had been
convicted of murdering his lover,
Matilda Ziegler, with an axe.
Electrocution as a humane means of
execution was first suggested in
1881 by Dr.
2) Death by
Hanging
2) Death by Hanging
The convict is made to
stand in an elevated
collapsible flatform with a
black hood on the head, a
noose made of rope around
the neck and the other end of
which is fixed in an elevated
structure above the head.
2) Death by Hanging
Without the knowledge of
the convict, the flatform
suddenly collapses which
causes the sudden suspension
of the body and tightening of
the noose around the neck.
2) Death by Hanging

Death may be due to

asphyxia or injury of the
cervical portion of the spinal
cord.
2) Death by Hanging
In 1949, Nathuram Godse,
who had been sentenced to
death for the assassination of
Mahatma Gandhi, was the
first person to be executed by
hanging in independent
India.
2) Death by Hanging

The Supreme Court of

India has suggested that
capital punishment should be
given only in the "rarest of
rare cases".
3) Death by
Musketry
3) Death by Musketry
This was reserved for
those tried in a military
tribunal, often for treason,
rebellion, and sedition—
crimes against the king and
the state.
3) Death by Musketry
Gary Gilmore, convicted in
a double murder, is shot to
death by a firing squad in
Utah, becoming the first
person to be executed in the
United States since the death
penalty was reinstated in 1976.
4) Death by
Gas Chamber
4) Death by Gas Chamber

The convict is enclosed

in a compartment and an
obnoxious or asphyxiating
gas is introduce.
4) Death by Gas Chamber

The most common gas

used is carbon monoxide.
4) Death by Gas Chamber

The convict will not be

removed from the gas
chamber unless he is
pronounced dead by the
penitentiary physician.
RA 9346 DEATH PENALTY abolished
4) Death by Gas Chamber
In 1924, the use of cyanide gas
was introduced as Nevada sought a
more humane way of executing its
condemned prisoners. Gee Jon was
the first person executed by lethal
gas. The state tried to pump cyanide
gas into Jon's cell while he slept.