This paper will fallow the process of a capital trial from arrest to execution. It will discus the aspects of federal and state law, trial, appeal, and executions. It will go into further detail on arraignment and the trail details of defense and sentencing. The federal law on capital punishment begins with the constitution, which states in the eighth amendment of the bill of rights that, no person shall be subject to cruel or unusual …showed first 75 words of 1199 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1199 total…to the requirements of the law .” These conditions are almost always associated with delusional disorders such as schizophrenia . If in the course of the trial or before the deliberations have been completed the defense may initiate a plea bargain. A plea bargain is a plea of guilty in exchange for concessions in the charges or in the sentencing . This is sometimes the best way to save the defendants life. The next step is the sentenci