Death Penalty

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Death Penalty

• When the state kills

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Table Of Content

• Introduction
• Development of death penalty
• The situation nowadays
• Pros Cons
• Conclusion

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Development of death penalty

• highly accepted method of punishment for
  thousands of years
• method of entertainment
• development of new and even more brutal execution
  methods throughout the centuries
• highly accepted until the mid of the 19th century

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The situation today

• widespread around the world
• exists in 113 countries
• most executions concentrated in only a few
  countries
• USA nearly the only democratic country imposing
  death penalty

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Public Opinion

• The October 2003 Gallup Poll found that
  overall support of the death penalty had dropped
  to its lowest level in 25 years 64 supported
  the death penalty and 32 opposed.

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Pros Cons

• Deterrence
• No connection between death penalty and murder
  rates!
• Revenge
• Advantage for society??
• impossibility of recidivists
• Judiciary is not always right!
• lower costs
• Death penalty by far more expensive!

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Conclusion
argumentation of the favouring site can easily be
disproved!
Live is the most important good on earth no one
has the right to take it away!
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Discussion

• What do you think about the death penalty?
• Why do you think the acceptance of the death
  penalty decreased in the last years?
• Should minors be threated as adults in any way?
• Thank you!