Analyzing the results on the domestic survey

We made a two surveys in class to get more insight on what some people think about our topic. I would like to write about the results on the domestic survey.

 The results showed that we received 18 answers on the survey.

Firstly, we asked the question "Do you believe in the death penalty?"
40% of the people responded to NOT supporting the death penalty, while the remaining 60% said YES.

The next question was "What is your nationality? Age? Gender? Where do you currently reside?"
More than half of the participants answered saying they were Japanese, with one British and three Japanese/American which shows that most of the people who took the survey were probably most of our friends. I was not surprised to see that most of the people who took our surveys were around the ages from 19-32.As for gender, out of 18 people only four were male and the rest all female.Two people responded that they were from the US while the rest were from Japan.

The third question was "Does execution occur in the country you are currently residing in?"
Because most of the people who answered our survey were from Japan, it was not a surprise to see that 90% of the people answered YES to this question.

Next question was "How would you rate the seriousness of the crimes?"
The crime with the most votes to being the worst was "Murder by violence." "Rape" and "Poisoning" were second in place.  "Arson" and "Bombing" were third and lastly "Theft" and "Espionage"

The fifth question was "What do you think is the most cruel form of execution?"
Two people skipped this question only leaving 16 people to answer that the most cruel form of execution was "Stoning." secondly "Gas chamber" third was "Hanging" then "Electrocution"

The next question was quite difficult. "Do you know how many people are executed in your country every year?" 60% percent answered saying that they did not know.

the seventh question was "Should criminals be informed about the data of their execution?"
3 people skipped this question so the remaining 9 answered to YES and 6 people answered to NO.
I wanted to know why some people answered to NO, which made me wish i made a "Comment" box at the end of this question.

"Would you use something that was made for a prisoner?" Was the eighth question.
It was very interesting to see that the results were half and half. 50% answered YES while 50% answered NO.

This was my first time to make a survey on a very serious topic, so at first it was hard to make the survey not seem tacky and unprofessional. In the end it was interesting to see the results and to get a general idea of what other people think on this topic. It made me want to experiment with another survey on different topics.

If you have not taken our survey yet, please feel free to! 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=F8Ew7Gr%2fSi7qMyO3aRTR7rqoPm02XB8Y%2f3bAvk2hM5D1bIsveIdIoLforfIiR9DixmJMiWWun8kp5whrPXGdKoTApjO0KOvgx3UE4fatccM%3d

Feedback on our NGO

We did a project where we talked / advertised about our NGO in a presentation the other day and got feedback from everyone in class.
Good Points
I was surprised to see how most of the feedback was more positive than I was expecting it to be. Because "Death Penalty" is a dark and heavy topic, I was worried that our NGO would have a scary, creep, and dark image but I was very happy to see that some people said  although it was a heavy topic they were able to understand the presentation.
One of the mail goals of our NGO is to educate people in the death penalty in order to change their minds, so I was also glad to see that the majority said they were surprised about what really goes on in the death penalty.
We received one question on the survey, whether we showed the domestic survey or not. I do believe we showed both the surveys, but it may have seemed like we did not show it because we did not cut and paste both the Japanese survey and the domestic survey on paper.
Bad points
We got 1 (1=very poor) on the last question if we went the extra mile in making a website, or a social networking site. 
I do believe our NGO would have looked a lot more realistic and believable if we made our own temporary NGO site. 


Thank you for the feedback!  

Answer to my questions10

How does someone exactly wind up on death row?


When this question popped up in my head i was curious but also worried that this would be a hard question to do research on as each countries rules are differemt.


When i came across this site http://listverse.com/2010/08/01/10-crimes-of-men-on-death-row/, i was never so creeped out and happy for my life.
  It showed that people that are put on death row are people who have either murdered or raped someone.
Death Penalty Information site also shows many synopsis and cases of people who were executed.
Horse, Flame. "10 Crimes of Men on Death Row - Listverse." Listverse. 1 Aug. 2010. Web. 15 July 2015.
"Federal Death Row Prisoners." Federal Death Row Prisoners. Web. 15 July 2015.

Answer to my question9

What is the most painful way someone is executed?


This question is almost a sequal to my other question "What forms of exection are still performed today".
As i mentioned in one of my previous posts, I wrote about how burning, boiling, stoning, and the gas chamber are still being performed throughout the world. I believe these forms of execution are the most painful because for one,
1.Burning,
In some countries, they do not only put the person on fire from a singe match, but some countries pour scorching hot water or oil down someones throat.
2. Boiling.
Boiling is another very barbaric way of execution as they do not put the prisoners to " sleep" before they dose them in hot boiling water or oil.
3.Stoning.
Stoning is a slow and painful way of execution. For the men they bury them waist deep into the ground and for women, they bury them from the neck down. If the prisoners are able to escape while they are being stoned, it is said that they may let the prisoner live. Because they put the man waist deep into the ground and the women from neck deep into the ground, it really made me thnk how sexist! Because it would be alot easier to escape from waist deep in the ground than from neck deep.


4.Gas Chamber.
This may sound like an easy way to die, but believe it or not, it is one of the painful forms of execution. A Poisonous gas usually called hydrogen cyanide,carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.


Other forms of exection that are more brutal and extremely barbaric are also found on this site.
Pegg, David. "25 of Humanity's Most Brutal Methods of Execution." List25. 15 Dec. 2011. Web. 15 July 2015.

Answer to my question8

How many states in the U.S perform the death penalty?


I was not surprised to find out that there are more states that still perform the death penalty then those that do not.
there are 31 states that still perform the death penalty.

Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky

Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon

Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming ALSO - U.S. Gov't - U.S. Military

there are 19 states that do not perform the death penalty.

Alaska (1957) Connecticut** (2012) Hawaii (1957) Illinois (2011) Iowa (1965) Maine (1887) Maryland (2013) Massachusetts (1984)

Michigan (1846) Minnesota (1911) Nebraska*** (2015) New Jersey (2007) New Mexico* (2009) New York (2007)# North Dakota (1973) Rhode Island (1984)^

Vermont (1964) West Virginia (1965) Wisconsin (1853) ALSO Dist. of Columbia (1981)

The dates written next to the country show the yaer in which the death penalty was abolished.
I was searching other sites as another source but i could only find this site. The rest of the sites that came up were Yahoo questions from other people asking the same thing which led me in circle.


"States With and Without the Death Penalty." States With and Without the Death Penalty. Web. 15 July 2015.

Answer to my question7

What countries abolished the death penalty?


Before we started this project on contraversial issues I never new that Japan still performed the death penalty so when researching what countries abolished the death penalty, I was honestly shocked to find out that Japan was not on the list. But on a brighter note, it is good to know that no more than 10 executions have taken place.


According to this site http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/abolitionist-and-retentionist-countries the countries that have abolished the death penalty since 1976 are,
Portugal, Denmark, Luxembourg,Nicaragua, Noraway, Brazil, Fiji , Paru,
France, Cape Verde,Netherlands, Cyprus, El Salvador, Argentina, Australia, Haiti, Liechtenstien, German Democratic Republic, Cambodia, New Zealand, Romania, Slovania,
Italy, Belgium, Andorra, Croatia, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome and Princip,
Angola, Paraguay,Switzerland, Hong Kong, Guinea, Greece,
 and many MANY more!
"Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries." Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries. 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.
http://www.ub.edu/penal/historia/PdeM/listapaises.htm this site alsot wrote the same reluts as the last site.
"Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries." Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries. 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.
"The Death Penalty - List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries." The Death Penalty - List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries. Web. 15 July 2015.

Answer to my question6

How many countries have abolished the death penalty?


According to Amnesty International 99 countries have already abolished the death penalty in 2015.


And according to Death Penalty Information Center, there are 98 countries that have abolished the death penalty. As well as a total of abolatonist and practice put together are 140.

International, Amnesty. "Amnesty International." Death Penalty. 15 Mar. 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.
"Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries." Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries. 2015. Web. 15 July 2015.