en five-hundred and two-thousand volts depending on the size of the prisoner, is given for 30 seconds. Smoke will begin to come out of the prisoner's leg and head and these areas may catch fire if the victim has been sweating profusely. A doctor will examine him and if he still shows life signs, more jolts of two-thousand volts are administered to finish the job (Matthews). A main reason for electrocution's original use was the thought that death was immediate. Unfortunately this is not the case. Doctors today believe that the victim feels "himself begin burned to death and suffocating since the shock cause respiratory paralysis as well as cardiac arrest. Because the energy of the shock paralyzes the muscles, he cannot cry out, and therefore is presumed dead ("This is your death..."). How ironic that one reason electrocution was kept in use was that, although expensive, it was immensely serene as far as the prisoner is concerned. Still used extensively throughout the world today and in its sole representing U.S. state, Utah, the firing squad has a much greater claim to being humane as bullets directly into the heart generally cause instantaneous death. Utah uses an extremely exact and well-practiced method which is immensely centered around concern for the victim by taking almost every precaution possible to ensure a quick and easy death. The victim is bound to a chair with leather straps that cross his waist and head. Next a doctor locates the exact position of his heart with a stethescope and pins a circular white target over it. Twenty feet away, on the other side of a canvas wall, are five men with .30- caliber rifles. Each man aims through a gun portal located in the center of the canvas and fire simultaneously. A prisoner dies as a result of blood loss caused by rupture of the heart or a large blood vessel, or tearing of the lungs. He loses consciousness when shock causes a fall in the supply of blood to the brain. Though a shot to the head causes instant death that method is not used due to high percentage of failures (Kaplan and Danil). Some countries deliberately alter these steps in order to cause a more gruesome death. In Taiwan, the condemned is shot either in the back or chest four times in strategically painful places. After nearly and hour of misery the officials take the fifth and final shot into the heart (Hoff and Petrucelli). It is astounding how one country will do all humanly possible to try to make death a quick and easy procedure while another tries to do all they can to make it as painful and agonizing as possible. The gas chamber, most famous for its abundant use during World War II, is the method used in Nevada and California and is also used in the Philippines. The prisoner is led into a room and fastened to a metal chair with perforated seats. Straps are secured across his upper and lower legs, arms, groin, and chest. A long stethoscope is also affixed to his ches

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