1. Capital Punishment: Life or Death

2. Capital punishment The word "capital" in "capital punishment" refers to a person's head. In the past, people were often executed by severing their head from their body.

3. Introduction of Death Penalty The death penalty, known as capital punishment and is the harshest form of punishment enforced today. If the jury recommends the death penalty and the judge agrees then the criminal will face some form of execution, lethal injection is the most common form used today.

4. Death Penalty in Taiwan Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the Taiwan. Before 2000 Taiwan had a relatively high execution rate (the data released by Executive Yuan's Ministry of Justice showed that 658 people, including six females, were executed in Taiwan between January 1950 and March 2001.)

5. Capital Punishment Debate Supporters of the death penalty claim that life imprisonment is not an effective deterrent to criminal behavior. Opponents maintain that the death penalty has never been an effective deterrent, that errors sometimes lead to the execution of innocent persons, and that capital punishment is imposed inequitably, mostly on the poor and on racial minorities.

6. Methods of Execution Electric Chair

7. Lethal Injection

8. Gas Chamber

9. Crushing by Elephant

10. Discussion 1. Do you agree with the death penalty? Why or why not? 2. In your opinion, what people should be exempt from the death penalty?