CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

• Current cases of Capital Punishment in the World
  Country Study the U.S.

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Methods and Countries

• Beheading Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
• Electric chair U.S. only.
• Hanging Egypt, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Pakistan,
  Singapore and some others.
• Poison gas U.S. though has been replaced by
  Lethal injection.

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Methods and Countries

• Lethal injection This method is used in China,
  Guatemala, Philippines, Thailand, and the U.S.
• Stoning Used in North Afghanistan and Iran.
• Firing squad United Arab Emirates (though last
  in U.S. on 1996).

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Countries that have executed people during 2007

• Countries with 25 or more executions Iraq (29),
  Iran (265), Pakistan (29), Saudi Arabia (156),
  USA (42).
• Countries with 2 to 25 executions Afghanistan
  (15), Bangladesh (6), China (13), Japan (9),
  North Korea (8), Singapore (2), Somalia (3),
  Sudan (2), Syria (5), Yemen (7).
• Countries with 1 execution Belarus, Botswana,
  Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kuwait.

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Quality of Data

• Unfortunately the quality of this data is poor
  because most of the countries that execute people
  are dictatorships with few human rights their
  governments frequently do not release complete
  data (from our point of view).

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Country Study the U.S.

• Blue states have no death penalty statute.
• Yellow-green states have a death penalty statute
  but have not executed anyone since 1976.
• Reddish-orange states have executed people since
  1976.

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Death Penalty Statistics 2008 2007
1999 Executions 37 42 98 New Inmates
Under Death Sentence 111 115 284 Death Row
population (as of Jan. 1) 3,309 3,350
3,549 Percentage of executions by region South
(35 executions) 95 86 75 Midwest (2)
5 12 12 West (0) 3 2
12 Northeast (0) 0 0 1 TEXAS (18)
49 62 36 Public Support for Death
Penalty (Gallup Poll) 64 69 71 Execution
s Since 1976 1136 Texas 423 Virginia 102 Oklahoma
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Case Study Saddam Hussein

• Saddam Hussein The president of Iraq from
  1979-2003.
• He was hung on the 30th December 2006. This was
  the first day of the Muslim Eid-Ul-Adha.
  Executing Saddam on this day is like executing
  someone on Christmas day in a Christian country.

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Saddam was responsible for the torture and deaths
of hundreds of thousands Iraqi people.

• Victims of Saddam Hussein's poison gas attack on
  Halabja, March 1988

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Kurds in Iran face death by government firing
squads
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Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes
against humanity and sentenced to death by
hanging. The former Iraqi leader was convicted
over the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia
town of Dujail following an assassination attempt
on him in 1982.
Saddam Hussein in court as the verdict was being
read
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What arguments can you think of against executing
people?
V A L U E O F H U M A N L I F E
Teach that killing is wrong by killing?
Cruel?
Supporters of Saddam protest over his hanging.
Inhumane?
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What arguments can you think of that support
executions?
Saddam being prepared for his hanging.
Justice
Revenge
The victims families will feel better!?
He will never re-offend.