Introduction Capital Punishment or Death Penalty is a penalty of death imposed on a criminal convicted of a serious crime. The word "capital" in "Capital punishment" refers to a person's head. ... Execution has been a common punishment throughout the world since the Middle Ages, and was inflicted for a large number of crimes including petty offenses involving property. ... They further argue that the death penalty can deter capital crimes and possibly save lives in the process. ... For extremely serious crimes such as high treason, hanging alone was not enough. ...

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Capital Punishment is a new idea or way of dealing with criminals. ... Capital Punishment has been round and round, banned, just to be reinstated again. ... Mosaic Law led the way in enforcing capital crime and what constitutes the death penalty. ... We were majorly influenced by their decisions and ideas on crime. ... Also many southern states made harsher crimes for slaves during this time also. ...

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However, we believe that capital punishment is rarely if ever justified. ... In point of fact, as the eloquent testimony of soaring crime rates in Florida and Texas shows, society does not get better when the state kills killers. ... Cruel and Unusual Punishment in the 8th Amendment In the late 70's, the US ended a 10 year hiatus on Capital Punishment. During this break from public executions, the crime rate in the U.S. did not rise. ... Australia ceased the practice of capital punishment some 40 years ago. ...

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