Death Penalty
The death penalty also known as capital punishment is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state; this is used as a method of punishment for capital offenses and capital crimes. The execution of criminals and political opponents was used by nearly the entire world; its purpose was to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. Most of the European, Pacific Area states and Canada have abolished capital punishment. However in Latin America not all countries have abolished the use of this punishment, Brazil uses it in exceptional situations, such as treason committed during wartime. The United States and most of the Caribbean still retain this form of punishment. In most places that practice capital punishment today, the death penalty is reserved as punishment for premeditated murder, espionage and treason or as part of military justice. In some countries sexual crimes, such as rape, adultery and sodomy carry the death penalty. In many countries that use......
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