The Start of

Death Penalty
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 ● The first established death penalty
laws date as far back as the
Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code
of King Hammurabi of Babylon,
which codified the death penalty for
25 different crimes.
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 ● The death penalty was also part of the Fourteenth Century
B.C.’s Hittite Code; in the Seventh Century B.C.’s
Draconian Code of Athens, which made death the only
punishment for all crimes; and in the Fifth Century B.C.’s
Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets. Death sentences were
carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, beating
to death, burning alive, and impalement.
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 In the Tenth Century A.D.,
● Hanging became the usual method of execution in
Britain. In the following century, William the
Conqueror would not allow persons to be hanged or
otherwise executed for any crime, except in times of
war. This trend would not last, for in the Sixteenth
Century, under the reign of Henry VIII, as many as
72,000 people are estimated to have been executed.
Some common methods of execution at that time
were boiling, burning at the stake, hanging,
beheading, and drawing and quartering. Executions
were carried out for such capital offenses as
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marrying a Jew, not confessing to a crime, and

treason.
 Did you know?
● The number of capital crimes in Britain continued to rise
throughout the next two centuries. By the 1700s, 222 crimes
were punishable by death in Britain, including stealing,
cutting down a tree, and robbing a rabbit warren. Because
of the severity of the death penalty, many juries would not
convict defendants if the offense was not serious.This lead
to reforms of Britain’s death penalty. From 1823 to 1837,
the death penalty was eliminated for over 100 of the 222
crimes punishable by death. (Randa, 1997)
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 Did you know?

● These are some of the usual crimes that

can lead to death so if you live at the
time of the death penalty are allowed
you certainly have to follow the rules
and avoid shortening their lives.
However somethings can’t be avoided
wether if its situational crime or
someone accused you and planted
evidence agaisnt you.
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 Usual crimes resulting to death penalty
Plunder
Treason
Importation of dangerous drugs and or
Qualified piracy controlled precursors and essential chemicals
Qualified bribery Sale, trading, administration, dispensation,
delivery, distribution and transportation of
Parricide
dangerous drugs and or controlled precursors
Murder and essential chemicals

Infanticide Maintenance of drug den

Rape Manufacturer of dangerous drugs and or

controlled precursor and essential chemicals
Kidnapping and serious illegal detention
Possession of dangerous drugs
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Robbery with violence against or

● Cultivation of culture of plants classified as
intimidation of persons
dangerous drugs
● Destructive arson
 Cultivation of culture of plants classified
as dangerous drugs
Unlawful prescription of dangerous drugs
Criminal liability of public officer for
misappropriation misapplication or
failure to account for the confiscated
seized of surrender drugs
Criminal liability for planting evidence
● Carnapping
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 Pros and Cons of Death Penalty
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 Legality
Pros:
Proponents of the death
penalty being legal argue that
such a harsh penalty is needed
for criminals who have
committed the worst crimes,
that the punishment deters
crime, and that the US
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Supreme Court has upheld the
death penalty as
Cons:
Opponents of the death penalty
being legal argue that the
punishment is cruel and unusual,
and, thus, unconstitutional, that
innocent people are put to death
for crimes they did not commit,
and that the penalty is
disproportionately applied to
people of color.
 Victim’s
Families
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 Pros:
Proponents who argue that the
death penalty is needed to bring
about closure and solace to
victims’ families argue that the
finality of the death penalty is
needed for families to move on
and not live in fear of the
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criminal getting out of prison.
Cons:
Opponents who argue that the death
penalty is needed to bring about
closure and solace to victims’ families
argue that retributive “justice” does
not bring closure for anyone and that
the death penalty can take years of
media-friendly appeals to enact.
Innocence
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 Pros:
Proponents of abolishing the
death penalty because
innocent people may be
executed argue that humans
are fallible and the justice
system is flawed, putting more
Black and brown people on
death row than are guilty of
capital crimes, and that we
cannot risk executing one
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innocent person just to carry
about retributive “justice.”
Cons:
Opponents of abolishing the death
penalty because innocent people
may be executed argue that the fact
that death row inmates have been
exonerated proves that the checks
and balances to prevent innocent
people from being executed are in
place and working well, almost
eliminating the chance that an
innocent person will be executed.
 These are just a few pros and cons we have a
lot more but this lead to a question is death
penalty a solution to prevent people from
doing crimes?
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 Is Death Penalty the Solution?

● No one deserves to die. When the government metes out

vengeance disguised as justice, it becomes complicit with
killers in devaluing human life and human dignity. In
civilized society,
we reject the principle of literally doing to criminals what
they do to their victims: The penalty for rape cannot be
rape, or for arson, the burning down of the arsonist’s
house. We should not, therefore, punish the murderer with
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death.
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Nebrida, Jane Rose Guarino, Ma. Lorie joy N.

Salve, Macandog

Rosco, Cyrus Emman

Morco, Am-is Justine
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