The document discusses capital punishment and its history. It provides details on forms of execution such as lethal injection, electrocution, and hanging. The document examines theories for why governments punish criminals, such as vengeance, retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation. It argues that the death penalty deters crime and prevents recidivism. Examples of political figures who received capital punishment are given.

1. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Presented by: Fahad Bokhari 09-arid-1406

2. The Death Penalty When someone is on Death-row, they are held in cells until it is their time to be executed for committing horrible crimes.

3. History of the Punishment First recorded death penalty (Hammurabi) Brought to U.S. by Britain when colonized Penalty under constant scrutiny

4. History Cont… 1972 death penalty suspended: considered “cruel and unusual” States rewrote statutes to eliminate the problem

5. Forms of Capital Punishment BEHEADING LETHEL INJECTION POISON ELECTRIFICATION GUILLOTINE SHOOTING DEATH BY STONING HANGING

6. Compassion ?…No Many people believe it is unethical to execute someone and that it’s an injustice. I disagree, the death penalty is a crime deterrent, gives families retribution for loved ones, and helps prevent recidivism. It would be an injustice to abolish the penalty.

7. The theories of punishment ; why does the State punish criminals? Vengeance Retribution Deterrence Incapacitation

8. Vengeance Human emotion that is normal in family members of murder victims, but it can never be used to justify a public policy given that policies are supposed to be based on reason and empirical science

9. Retribution If someone in your family were murdered, would you want that person to be punished ? …………………… ????

10. Deterrent If people don’t have anything to fear they will do as they please Capital punishment makes people think twice.

11. Incapacitation Taking away a person's freedom so that he or she cannot commit another crime. The ultimate form of incarceration is death.

12. Recidivism When a dog gets into the hen house it has to be put down because it will continue to do it Could the same not apply to humans ?

13. Examples of Capital Punishment Assassination of political personalities President of Iraq (Saddam Hussain) Prime Minister of Pakistan (Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto)

15. Conclusion Effective way to deter crime Solution The best solution to stopping the injustice of putting an end to capital punishment is to go out and vote for the legislatures that keep it running