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Joan Of Scotts Analysis

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An execution is the carrying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person; the killing of someone as a political act. This paper examines three executions: the execution of Mary Queen of Scotts in 1587, the execution of Joan of Arc in 1431, and the execution of John Wayne Gacy in 1994. In history books, all three executions represent the sentence of death on a condemned person. However, one difference is that the methods of execution and requirements to earn a death sentence have changed dramatically from 1431 to 1994. Mary Queen of Scotts was charged with “treason” and beheaded. Joan of Arc was charged with “heresy” and burned at the stake. Finally, John Wayne Gacy was charged with 33 counts of murder and was put to death by lethal injection.

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