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Capital punishment

Capital punishment. Capital punishment is the killing of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense. Capital punishment has in the past in every society, although only 58 nations practice it, with 95 countries abolishing it.

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Capital punishment

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  1. Capital punishment

  2. Capital punishment is the killing of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense.

  3. Capital punishment has in the past in every society, although only 58 nations practice it, with 95 countries abolishing it. However, over 60 % of the world’s population live in countries where executions take place: China India The USA Indonesia

  4. For what crimes?

  5. Methods

  6. Electric chair

  7. Stoning

  8. Gas Chamber

  9. Hanging

  10. Lethal injection

  11. Abolitionism In the European Union member states, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment

  12. Abolitionism In the United Kingdom, it was abolished for all peacetime offences in 1998. Canada abolished it in 1976. France abolished it in 1981, and Australia in 1985. Russia has not executed anyone since 1996, and the regulations of the Council of Europe prohibit it from doing so at any time in future.

  13. However Capital punishment in Russia is under question and remains codified Implicit moratorium is established by the President Explicit moratorium is established by the nation’s highest court.

  14. Your choice

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