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Title: 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!
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