Capital Punishment

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than 90 days after the murders. He was electrocuted in Central Correctional institution in Columbia, S.C. · Andrew Lavern Smith: On December 18, 1998, a man by the name of Andrew Smith became the 500th execution in the United States since capital punishment became reinstated in 1976. He was lethally injected in Columbia, S.C. He had been convicted for murdering an elderly couple after they refused to let him borrow their car. · Joshua Phillips: On the local standpoint, Joshua Phillips was convicted for the murder of Maddie Clifton here in Jacksonville. Yet, because of his age, 14 at the time of the murder, he was sentenced to life at Wakulla Correctional Institution, instead of death, which is usually given for pre-meditated murder in the 1st degree. Why was he sentenced to die like George Stinney Jr.? That question is in the open. These are only a few examples of the thousands of people who have been executed over time of man. It would be nearly impossible to sit and write all the cases. I personally believe that capital punishment is a nec...