Death Penalty PRESENTATION

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Death Penalty

The Death Penalty in the UK & it's historyBy Talia, Tilly, Matilda, Dylan, Bradley

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Definition

History

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Countries

Christian view

Islamic view

buddist view

sikh View

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Statistics

Definition

Capital Punishment

capital punishment, also called death penalty, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense.

For

• 64% of the public say the death penalty is morally justified in cases of murder.
• It provides closure for families of the victim and makes sure that when the victim is remembered the crime is not.

• There are three basic reasons for supporting the death penalty: retribution, deterrence and incapacitation.

For Capital Punishment

For

• Old biblical concept: “an eye for an eye.”
• If the defendant has taken a life, then the defendant’s life should be taken.

• It stops others from committing the same crime is that is the risk of punishment. (deterrence).

• It stops the criminal from re-offending (incapacitation).
• Society has a moral obligation to protect the safety and welfare of its citizens. Murderers threaten this safety and welfare. Only by putting murderers to death can society ensure that convicted killers do not kill again.

For Capital Punishment

For

• 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

• If someone murders someone else, they have given up their human rights, including the one to stay alive themselves.

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For

There are three basic reasons given for supporting the death penalty: retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation. Within the nations that allow the death penalty, the crimes for which it may be imposed vary widely.

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Against Capitol Punishment

Against

• The death penalty is often inhumane.
• It also discriminates based on class and race, can be easily weaponized by governments, and is plagued by high error rates.
• Perhaps most importantly, the death penalty fails in its primary goal as an effective crime deterrent.

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The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little bit of humanity in each of us

Clint Smith(Author)

“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is: ‘Do we deserve to kill?’”

Bryan Stevenson (Author)

“Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.”

Dr Martin Luther King Jr(Activist)

“Killing is always wrong, whether it’s done by an individual or by the state. Violence is the disease not the cure.”

Shane Claiborne(Activist)

Christian View

• The death penalty is an extreme form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
• Christians believe in the sanctity of life – this means that life is holy and belongs to God, therefore only God has the power to take life.

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Christian View

What muslims believe ?

Islamic View

Islam on the whole accepts capital punishment. ...Take not life, which God has made sacred, except by way of justice and law. Thus does He command you, so that you may learn wisdom Qur'an 6:151

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What do Buddists believe?

buddist view

Buddhism believes fundamentally in the cycle of birth and re-birth (Samsara) and teaches that if capital punishment is administered it will have compromising effects on the souls of both offender and the punisher in future incarnations.Buddhism. There is no common position among Buddhists on capital punishment, but many emphasize nonviolence and appreciation for life. As a result, in countries with large Buddhist populations, such as Thailand, capital punishment is rare.

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Statistics

54%

In April 2021 a poll found that 54% of Britons said they would support reinstating the death penalty for those convicted of terrorism in the UK.

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Statistics

UKEngland & Wales

Executions in the UK

230years

In the 230 year the period from 1735 to 1964 there did some 10,935 civilian executions in England and Wales alone comprise 10,378 men and 557 women.

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10,935Men

Men VS Women in supporting Capital punishment

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Strongly support Tend to support Don't know Tend to oppose Strongly oppose

Britons are more likely than not to support the death penalty for the worst crimes, but not for all cases of murder.

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Would support the death penalty for thisDon't know Would oppose the death penalty for this

55%12% 33%

54%12% 34%

33%19% 48%

52%13% 35%

History

The death penalty first started in the Uk in the 5th century when hanging was first introduced in Anglo Saxon Britain. 1196. The first person to receive the death penalty in the UK was Lady Alice Lisle who was beheaded for treason on the 2nd of September 1699. In 1965 the death penalty for murder in Britain was suspended for 5 years however it became permanent in 1969. It wasn’t until 1998 that the death penalty became abolished for all crimes. The last people in the uk to be executed for the death penalty was Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans on 13th August 1964.

History

In the UK, reviews prompted by the Criminal Cases Review Commission have resulted in one pardon and three exonerations for people that were executed between 1950 and 1953

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Death Penalty In The UK

Timeline

Origin

5th Century

Hanging first Inroduced in Anglo-Saxon Britain

Hanging

1196

First hanging

Defines treason

1351

The Treason Act of Edward III defines high treason and petty treason in law.

Witchcraft made illigal

1542

Witchcraft becomes a felony in England under a statute of Henry VIII. As a felony it was punishable by hanging, rather than burning

Last military jurisdiction hanging

1953

Last hanging under military jurisdiction on the 10th of November when Private J.J. Itumo of 3rd (Kenya) KAR was executed having been convicted of murder in Malaya as it was then known.

Last woman to hang

1955

Ruth Ellis becomes the last woman to hang on the 13th of July

Last execution

August 1964

The last execution took place in the UK

Death penalty suspention

1965

The death penalty for murder was suspended for 5 years

Ban for murder

1969

The death penalty ban for murder was made permanent

End of Capital Punishment

1998

The Criminal Justice Bill of July 31st, removed High Treason and piracy with violence as capital crimes, thus effectively ending capital punishment.

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Countries

60% of countries have not outlawed capital punishment

Many countries such as the USA have outlawed capital punishment in some states

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