CAPITAL

PUNISHMENT

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS THE KILLING OF A PERSON BY JUDICIAL PROCESS AS A PUNISHMENT FOR AN OFFENSE.

In what countries?

Capital punishment has in the past in every society, although only 58 nations practice it, with 95 countries abolishing it.

However, over 60 % of the world’s population live in countries where executions take place:

ChinaIndia

The USAIndonesia

FOR WHAT CRIMES?murder

espionage

treason

rape

incestsodomy

apostasy in Islamic nations

drug trafficking

corruption

METHODS

electrocution

firing squad

stoning in

Islamic countrie

s

gas chambe

rhangin

glethal

injection

ELECTRIC CHAIR(US only) Nobody

knows how quickly a person

dies from the electric shock, or

what their experience

Firing squad

The prisoner is bound and shot through the heart by

multiple marksmen. This method

is used in Belarus, China,

Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Taiwan.

STONING

The prisoner is often buried up

to her or his neck or leg and pelted with rocks until they die. It is

used in Afghanistan and

Iran.

GAS CHAMBER

Cyanide capsules are dropped into

acid producing hydrogen Cyanide, a deadly gas.

HANGING

The neck is broken and death comes

quickly. This method is used in

Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Japan.

LETHAL INJECTION

Lethal drugs are injected into the prisoner while he

lays strapped down to a table. Lethal

injection is used in China, Gautemala,

Thailand.

ABOLITIONISMIn the European Union member states, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment

Among countries around the world, almost all European and many Pacific Area states (including Australia and New Zealand), and Canada have abolished capital punishment. In Latin America, most states have abolished the use of capital punishment.

ABOLITIONISMIn the United Kingdom, it was abolished for all

peacetime offences in 1998. Canada abolished it in

1976. France abolished it in 1981, and Australia in

1985.

Russia has not executed anyone since 1996, and the regulations of the Council of Europe prohibit it from doing so at any time in future.

HOWEVER CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RUSSIA IS UNDER QUESTION AND REMAINS CODIFIED

Implicit moratorium is established by the President

Explicit moratorium is established by the nation’s highest court.

YOUR CHOICEA central

principle of a just society is

that every person has an equal

right to “life, liberty, and

the pursuit of happiness”.

But not die in such a way.