1. LO: To investigate personal and religious views on the Death Penalty

2. Keyword:  Capital Punishment: Is the ultimate punishment, it is the death penalty.

3. South Korea Nigeria Ghana Rwanda Iran Uganda United States France Ireland Egypt

4.  Yes No United States Ireland Egypt Rwanda Nigeria France Iran South Korea Uganda Ghana

5. Pros Cons http://www.truetube.co.uk/society/justice--equality/death- penalty-debate

6. Against the death penalty YouTube - Abolish the death penalty Pro the death penalty YouTube - Pro-Death Penalty Add these to your list

7. Weighing up the arguments  In pairs make a list of reasons:  For Capital Punishment and a list against Capital Punishment. You might want To reflect on the Images on the next Slide for some Help……

9.  Is there a difference between killing someone legally and murdering someone?  Does it make sense to show killing is wrong by killing?  Are all methods of Capital punishment inhumane? Are some worse than others?

11. 38 states in USA have the death penalty States with NO DEATH PENALTY (Alaska,District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

12. What are these?  Texas - 355  Virginia - 94  Oklahoma - 79  Missouri - 66  Florida - 60  Georgia - 39  North Carolina - 38  South Carolina, Alabama - 34 each  Louisiana, Arkansas - 27 each  Arizona - 22  Ohio - 19  Indiana - 16  Delaware - 14  Illinois - 12  Nevada, California - 11 each  Mississippi, Utah - 6 each  Maryland, Washington - 4 each  Nebraska, Pennsylvania - 3 each  Kentucky, Montana, Oregon - 2 each  Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, New Mexico, Tennessee, Wyoming - 1 each  US government - 3 The amount of people who have been executed in the USA since 1976

13. 1) …………………. 2) …………………. 3) ………………… 4) ………………… 5) …………………. Can you name them?

19. Lethal injection Hanging Electric chair Gas Firing squad

20. What should people be given the death penalty for?

22. 4.Murder by a state prison inmate who is serving a life sentence for any of five offences 5.Multiple murders (serial killers) 6. Murder of an individual under six years of age 1.If you kill a police officer/ jail warden 2.Murder whilst kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson ( fire) 3.Murder during prison escape

23. Some Christians and Muslims support the Death Penalty Some Christians and Muslims are against the Death Penalty It is wrong to say …. All Christians or All Muslims think …………

24. Christians & Muslims Against the Death Penalty ‘ You shall not murder ’ Christians & Muslims For the Death Penalty ‘ An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth ’

25.  Some Christians and Muslims believe that punishment should happen but it is to change the criminal (Reform)  God will judge them in the end  However other Christians and Muslims are pro capital/ corporeal punishment- Sharia Law ( Islamic Law)- allows such punishments to teach others how not to behave.  Lots of Christians in America are pro death penalty ‘eye for an eye ’.

26.  An Anglican Bishop gives the Christian point of view on the death penalty. Three commonly held perspectives are explored, as well as the opportunity for change and redemption offered by the Christian faith.  http://www.truetube.co.uk/global/custo ms-and-traditions/jesus--capital- punishment http://www.truetube.co.uk/global/custo ms-and-traditions/jesus--capital- punishment

27.  An interview with Michael Johnson, a death row convict in the United States. Michael was sentenced to death for his part in the murder of a petrol station worker. Here he shares his thoughts and feelings about his time in prison and his imminent death.  http://www.truetube.co.uk/crime/punishme nt/life-on-death-row http://www.truetube.co.uk/crime/punishme nt/life-on-death-row

28.  An ex-murderer facing capital punishment talks about how he escaped execution in the USA. He believes that a death sentence is an expensive and even harmful solution to crime. His views are supported by a death penalty expert who favours life imprisonment for the most dangerous.  http://www.truetube.co.uk/crime/punishme nt/escaping-the-death-penalty http://www.truetube.co.uk/crime/punishme nt/escaping-the-death-penalty

29. Your views on the death penalty

30.  Execution  Lethal injection  Guillotine  Firing squad  Inhumane  Justice  Electric chair  Crucifixion  Punishment  Hanging  Deterrence  Rehabilitation Choose 6 of the words in the box and put them in the grid in your book! Draw this template into your books! It needs to be big enough to write 1 word in each square!

31. Outcome check Can you.. explain the terms capital punishment and death penalty Can you … explain arguments for and against the death penalty Can you … evaluate different religious views on the death penalty and give your own opinions