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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
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Methods of execution Past methods used on executed Sawing Crushing Flying
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Sawing Crushing
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Methods of execution used today 1.Gas chamber 2.Lethal injection 3.Stoning
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Gas chamber Hanging
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Research -40 from 69 nine agreed with capital punishment Reasons: protection against criminals(14), revenge for crime(21) and helps as a byword(9)
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-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)
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- 11 students would like to see the execution of a criminal -42 would not like to participate -16 do not know
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