Capital Punishment: Life or Death

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Capital Punishment Life or Death
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Capital punishment

• The word "capital" in "capital punishment" refers
  to a person's head.
• In the past, people were often executed by
  severing their head from their body.

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Introduction of Death Penalty

• The death penalty, known as capital punishment
  and is the harshest form of punishment enforced
  today.
• If the jury recommends the death penalty and the
  judge agrees then the criminal will face some
  form of execution, lethal injection is the most
  common form used today.

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Death Penalty in Taiwan

• Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment
  in the Taiwan.
• Before 2000 Taiwan had a relatively high
  execution rate (the data released by Executive
  Yuan's Ministry of Justice showed that 658
  people, including six females, were executed in
  Taiwan between January 1950 and March 2001.)

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Capital Punishment Debate

• Supporters of the death penalty claim that life
  imprisonment is not an effective deterrent to
  criminal behavior.
• Opponents maintain that the death penalty has
  never been an effective deterrent, that errors
  sometimes lead to the execution of innocent
  persons, and that capital punishment is imposed
  inequitably, mostly on the poor and on racial
  minorities.

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Methods of Execution

• Electric Chair

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• Lethal Injection

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• Gas Chamber

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• Crushing by Elephant

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Discussion

1. Do you agree with the death penalty? Why or
   why not?
2. In your opinion, what people should be exempt
   from the death penalty?