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| Definition of Capital Punishment: -The execution of a criminal pursuant to a sentence of death imposed by a competent court. -Capital punishment has existed on the earth throuthout the centuries Crimes that deserve death: -Murder, Homicide -High treason/Treason -Terrorism -Repeated grave assaut Person who should ont be sentenced to death: -One who is below the age of 18 -Pregnant women who have been sentenced to death are not to be executed during the pregnancy -Insane people are not to be sentenced to death, but should be place in a closed nursing home for a very long time. |
| Method of Execution: Lethal injection: inmate is secured with lined ankle and wrist restraints to a gumey in the preparation room outside the chamber. Cardiac monitor leads and a stethoscope are attached. Two saline intravenous lines are started, one in each arm, and the inmate is covered with a sheet. Electrocution: Electrocution procudes visibly destructive effects as the body's internal organs areburned; the prisoner often leaps foward against the restraining straps when the switch is thrown. The body changes color, the flesh swells and my even cath fire. The prisoner may defecate, urinate or vomit blood Witnesses always report that there is a smell of burning flesh. Gas Chamber: The prisoner is restrained in a hermetically sealed steel chamber below which is a pan. Upon a signal, the executioner opens a valve, flowing hydrochloric acid into the pan. On a second signal, about 8 ounces of potassium cyanide crystal or tablets are dropped mechanically into the acid, producing hydrocyanic gas which destroys the ability of blood hemoglobin to perform. Unconsciousness occurs within a few seconds if the prisoner takes a deep breath, and longer if he or she holds their breath. Death usually occurs within six to eightneen minutes. After pronouncement of death, the chamber is evacuated through carbon and neutralizing filters. A gas-masked crew decontaminates the body with a bleach solution and outgases prior to release. An unwary undertaker could be killed if this is not done. Fire Squad: There is reportedly no protocol for the precedure which according to information involves a five man team, one of who will use a blank bullet so that none of them knows who the real executioner was |
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| Bibliography: Bedau, Hugo Adam. The case against the death penalty. 1997. The American Civil Liberties Union. 29th Nov, 2001. http://www.aclu.org/library/case_against_death.html#author Anderson, David. The Death Penality- a Defence. April 2001. 28th Nov 2001. <http//w1.155.telia.com/~u15509119/ny_sida_1.htm> |
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| Country that has abolished Capital Punishment now: Abolitionist for all crimes COUNTRIES WHOSE LAWS DO NOT PROVIDE FOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANY CRIME ANDORRA, ANGOLA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CAPE VERDE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, DJIBOUTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EAST TIMOR, ECUADOR, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, GUINEA-BISSAU, HAITI, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, KIRIBATI, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA (former Yugoslav Republic), MALTA, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MAURITIUS, MICRONESIA (Federated States), MOLDOVA, MONACO, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PALAU, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SAN MARINO, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, SEYCHELLES, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, SLOVENIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TURKMENISTAN, TUVALU, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, VANUATU, VATICAN CITY STATE, VENEZUELA Over 30 countries and territories have abolished the death penalty for all crimes since 1990. |
| Country that practice Capital Punishment now: Retentionist COUNTRIES WHICH RETAIN THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ORDINARY CRIMES AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARMENIA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHAD, CHINA, COMOROS, CONGO (Democratic Republic), CUBA, DOMINICA, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GHANA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKSTAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, LEBANON, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MAURITANIA, MONGOLIA, MOROCCO, MYANMAR, NIGERIA, NORTH KOREA, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, PHILIPPINES, QATAR, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, RWANDA, SAINT CHRISTOPHER & NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES, SAUDI ARABIA, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA, SOUTH KOREA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TAJIKISTAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, UGANDA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UZBEKISTAN, VIET NAM, YEMEN, YUGOSLAVIA (Federal Republic), ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWEGeorgia, Lithuania, Poland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine). |