PPT-Death Penalty/ Capital Punishment

Stephanie Shumate Table of Contents Reflection Page Before Assignment Article 1 The Death Penalty and Public Information on its use Article 2 Science and the Death Penalty DNA Innocence and the Debate over Capital Punishment in the United States. T. he United States. Capital Punishment (the death penalty) is a legal option for sentencing in 32 states. The federal government and the military also allow for death sentences.. Texas leads the nation with the highest number of executions.. The . Death . Penalty: Theories . of . Punishment. ; . Kant. Capital Punishment and the Law. The 8. th. amendment to the Constitution prohibits the infliction of . '. cruel and unusual. '. punishment. If capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment, then it is unconstitutional.. By: Bobbi Brown. History of the . D. eath . P. enalty. The first ever death penalty was dated back to the Eighteenth century B.C., in code of king . Hammaurabi. of Babylon, which stated that the death penalty was acceptable for only 25 crimes. In the Seventh Century B.C.’s the Athens code made the death penalty the only punishment for a crime. But in the Tenth Century A.D. hanging became the usual method of execution in Britain.. The Death Penalty. Reiman. , . and . Liebman. et. al.. Reiman. , “Civilization, Safety and Deterrence”. Reiman. focuses his discussion on retentionists like van den Haag who, though accepting that there is no evidence for a . People . fear nothing more than death. Therefore, nothing will deter a criminal more than the fear of . death (Haag 1983. ).. . An issue that has continually created tension in today's society is whether the death penalty serves as a justified and valid form of punishment. In several parts of the world, the death penalty has been apportioned to those who have committed a variety of offenses from the time of ancient Babylon to present-day America.  The Roman Empire made use of the death penalty liberally, as did the Church of the Middle Ages.  As history tells us, capital punishment, whose . Where do we Start?. The teachings of Jesus – if one truly believes in them, it is very hard to justify retaliating to violent people by using violence in return. . For example, when Jesus was killed on the cross, he said: “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do” Luke 23:34. . Why their shouldn’t be death penalty. What is death penalty. Punishment of execution, administered some legally convicted of a capital crime.. How many states allow death penalty. States allow death penalty. A definition of Capital punishment:. Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. . Crimes . that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offenses.. Bail. is a sum of money that the accused may be required to deposit with the court as a guarantee that he or she will appear in court.. The Constitution does not guarantee that all accused persons are entitled to bail, just that the amount of the bail cannot be excessive.. Chapter Nine. Incarceration Trends in America. From . 1980 to 2008, the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500,000 to 2.3 million people. Today, the US is 5% of the World population and has 25% of world prisoners.. LESSON 32. LESSON OBJECTIVES. Explain the 5. th. and 6. th. Amendment guarantees regarding indictments, double jeopardy and due process of law. Identify the rights protected by the 6. th. Amendment, particularly the right to counsel.. What do you know about the existing practice of Capital Punishment in our country? How often do we execute someone? Which state(s) do it the most? What methods are used? Etc.. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf. The death penalty has a long history; it began in colonial America.. It is restricted to the most serious crimes, murder and treason.. Furman v. Georgia (1972). The Supreme Court held that the death penalty, as applied, was unconstitutional under the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the 8. Learning Objective 1. List and contrast the four basic philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals. Nancy Stone/MCT/Newscom. The Purpose of Sentencing. Philosophical . reasons . for . sentencing. Retribution.