Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

History of Capital Punishment The origin of word capital punishment and meaning of it Two types of crime in former times Death penalty in ancient Egypt.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "History of Capital Punishment The origin of word capital punishment and meaning of it Two types of crime in former times Death penalty in ancient Egypt."— Presentation transcript:

1

2 History of Capital Punishment The origin of word capital punishment and meaning of it Two types of crime in former times Death penalty in ancient Egypt

3 Methods of execution Past methods used on executed Sawing Crushing Flying

4 Sawing Crushing

5 Methods of execution used today 1.Gas chamber 2.Lethal injection 3.Stoning

6 Gas chamber Hanging

7 Execution in the world Seventy-three countries still has the death penalty in law and in practice also. Eighty- seven countries have abolished it completely, eleven retain it, but only for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances. Twenty-five other countries use the death penalty for ordinary.

8 Countries which has abolished death penalty or still has it: Europe -Almost all have abolished death penalty - Belarus and Kazakhstan still practice it Singapore -legal form of execution -Government does not show statistics of capital punishment in the country

9 Opinion of people on death penalty People against execution: It will not solve anything There is possibility of error- Death penalty paradox This punishment is not hard enough People for execution: Murderer is a killer of an innocent person Morally justifiable to kill a murderer Revenge for a crime Helps as a byword

10 Condemnation of juvenile Children are influenced by television, video games etc. Countries supporting execution of juvenile: Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia Countries that have executed juvenile offender since 1990: China, D.R. Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the U.S. and Yemen. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

11 Research -40 from 69 nine agreed with capital punishment Reasons: protection against criminals(14), revenge for crime(21) and helps as a byword(9)

12 -29 students do not agree with execution Reasons: infringement of human rights(12), danger of injustice(5), does not have influence on criminality(7), others(5)

13 - 11 students would like to see the execution of a criminal -42 would not like to participate -16 do not know


Download ppt "History of Capital Punishment The origin of word capital punishment and meaning of it Two types of crime in former times Death penalty in ancient Egypt."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google