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Human rights - Capital Punishment

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Transcript

"The green mile"

What are human rights?

How much do we know about capital punishment?

Human rights

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

The history of death penalty

Reasons to abolosh capital punishment

What about today?

It is irreversible and mistakes happen

Denies any chance of rehabilitation

Reasons to abolish the death penalty

It is discriminatory

It does not deter crime

Not necessarily comforting the victim’s family

It is used as a political tool

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The Green Mile

Some common methods of execution at that time were boiling, burning at the stake, hanging, beheading, and drawing and quartering.

Middle ages and Modern period

The majority of ancient philosophers justify the death penalty, although often contesting the unscrupulous use that was made of it.

During the French Revolution, the guillotine became the primary symbol of the Reign of Terror and was used to execute thousands of people.

French Revolution and the guillotine

Ancient age

China

China is undoubtedly the country with the most death sentences and executions, but the state media and courts only report or publish a very small number of death penalty cases.

USA

Use of the death penalty has gradually declined in the United States in recent decades.

All 27 states with the death penalty for murder provide lethal injection as the primary method of execution.

What are human rights?

Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings.

Universal

Equal and non-discriminatory

Indivisible and interdependent

Inalienable