Crime & Punishment

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Crime & Punishment

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Crime & Punishment. fine. imprisonment. Do you think that the death penalty is still acceptable today? . hanging. the electric chair. the gas chamber. lethal injection. What is capital punishment?. Capital punishment is when a sentence of death is given for a crime committed. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Crime & Punishment

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fine

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imprisonment

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Do you think that the death penalty is still acceptable today?

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hanging

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the electric chair

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the gas chamber

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lethal injection

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What is capital punishment?

Capital punishment is when a sentence of death is given for a crime committed.

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Do you think that the death penalty is still acceptable today?

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Arguments For Capital Punishment Society must Society must

protectprotect innocent innocent people.people.

JusticeJustice must be must be seen to be done.seen to be done.

““Life” prisoners Life” prisoners are often are often released early released early and may re-and may re-offend.offend.

The death The death penalty is the penalty is the only only deterrentdeterrent some people some people understand.understand.

Some criminals Some criminals might prefer might prefer execution to a execution to a life in prison.life in prison.

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Arguments Against Capital Punishment.

People may be People may be wronglywrongly accused and accused and executed.executed.

The death penalty The death penalty does not appear to does not appear to work, the USA has a work, the USA has a higher rate of violent higher rate of violent crime than the UK.crime than the UK.

The The costcost of keeping of keeping someone on death row someone on death row is far higher than the is far higher than the cost of keeping them cost of keeping them as a life prisoner.as a life prisoner.

Some criminals Some criminals might be seen as might be seen as martyrsmartyrs..

A civilised state A civilised state should defend life should defend life not kill.not kill.

Minority groups Minority groups are are far more likely to be far more likely to be given the death given the death sentence.sentence.