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Capital Punishment
Derek Bentley Case
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Did Bentley incite (encourage) Craig?
Did Bentley try to stop Craig?Did Bentley know Craig was armed?What did “Let him have it” mean?Should actual age or mental age decide if a person is old enough to be executed?
Questions?
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Aftermath of Craig/Bentley Case.
• Possibility that it was a police bullet.
• Retired police officer later claimed Bentley did not shout out.
• Bentley’s sister, Iris, campaigned for 45 years for a pardon
• Pardon granted in 1998, a year after Iris Bentley died
• Craig was released in 1963, is married and lives quietly in England with a new identity
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Bentley deserved to hang because;
• If the boys had not been there, a police officer would not have died.
• He knew Craig carried weapons and he himself had a weapon.
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Bentley should have been reprieved because;
•He had a low mental age.
• He was in police custody when the officer was shot.
• There were serious doubts about the police evidence.
• 46 years later, he was reprieved despite there being no new evidence
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Purpose of executing Bentley;
•To deter others from carrying weapons
• To protect the public from a dangerous teenager.
• Revenge for the police officer’s colleagues and family.
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Questions
What is the purpose of Capital Punishment? 4 KU
The USA still has the death penalty. Name 3 other countries that still have the death penalty and describe the methods used.
6 KU