THE DEATH PENALTY
The main purpose of this study is to explain the incorrectness of the death penalty, the contradiction between international human rights and the death penalty; to prove the capital punishment is not deterrent, in the light of historical experiments.
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The first traces of the death penalty could be seen in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon in the 18th century BC, but the first recorded punishment was in the 16th century BC in Egypt. Also, in the 14th century BC’s Hittite Code, and in the 7th century BC’s Draconian Code of Athens, according to which for every crime death penalty was made, and in the 5th century BC’s Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets it was possible to see the punishment. Burial alive, drowning at sea, beating to death, stoning, beheading and crucifiction were the most common ways of execution. To set a famous example, Greek philosoper Socrates was killed by being drunk poison for the reason that he......
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