The documents discuss the history and current status of the death penalty around the world. The death penalty was established as far back as the 18th century BC in Babylon and was legal in Kazakhstan until being abolished for all crimes in 2021 with the exception of wartime. Amnesty International recorded the lowest number of executions globally in 2020 in 18 countries. Common arguments for and against the death penalty are examined, concluding there is no evidence it deters crime more than imprisonment and no humane way to carry out executions.

1. Death
Penalty
execution of an
offender
sentenced to
death after
conviction by a
court of law of
a criminal
offense
Capital
punishment
MDE 162

3. This man deserved
to die
because of his
actions in the society
He has sentenced to
the death by the
King Jarvan the
second of
Transilvania

5. The first established death penalty laws date as far back as
the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King
Hammurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for
25 different crimes.

6. c r u c i f i x i o n

10. “Amnesty International recorded 483
executions in 18 countries in 2020, a
decrease of 26% from 657 recorded in 2019.
This figure represents the lowest number of
executions that Amnesty International has
recorded in the past decade.”

11. IN
KAZAKHS
TAN

12. Death Penalty in Kazakhstan was abolished for all
crimes in 2021.
The only exception is the death penalty is allowed in case
of wartime.
The legal method of execution in Kazakhstan had been
shooting, specifically a single shot to the back of the head. The
last known executions in Kazakhstan took place in 2003, when
17 men were executed by shooting between May and
November.

14. Abolished for all crimes
Abolished for crimes not
commited in exceptional
circumstances
Abolished in practise
Legal form of punishment
for certain offenses

16. Frequently
Asked
What if public opinion is in favour
of the death penalty?
Isn’t it better to execute someone
than to lock them up forever?
Don’t victims of violent crime and
their families have a right to
justice?
Doesn’t the death penalty prevent
crime?
Is the battle to abolish the death
penalty being won?
Is there a humane and painless
way to execute a person?

18. No. Executing someone because they’ve taken someone’s life is revenge, not
justice.
An execution – or the threat of one –inflicts terrible physical and psychological
cruelty. Any society which executes offenders is commiting the same violence it
condemns.

19. Frequently
Asked
What if public opinion is in favour
of the death penalty?
Isn’t it better to execute someone
than to lock them up forever?
Don’t victims of violent crime and
their families have a right to
justice?
Is the battle to abolish the death
penalty being won?
Is there a humane and painless
way to execute a person?

21. Not according to the research. There is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters
crime more effectively than a prison term. In fact, crime figures from countries which have
banned the death penalty have not risen. In some cases they have actually gone down. In
Canada, the murder rate in 2008 was less than half that in 1976 when the death penalty was
abolished there.

22. Frequently
Asked
What if public opinion is in favour
of the death penalty?
Isn’t it better to execute someone
than to lock them up forever?
Don’t victims of violent crime and
their families have a right to
justice?
Is the battle to abolish the death
penalty being won?

24. Any form of execution is inhumane. The lethal injection is often touted as somehow more
humane because, on the surface at least, it appears less grotesque and barbaric than other
forms of execution such as beheading, electrocution, gassing and hanging.
But the search for a “humane” way to kill people should be seen for what it really is – an
attempt to make executions more palatable to the public in whose name they are being
carried out, and to make the governments that execute appear less like killers themselves.

25. Frequently
Asked
What if public opinion is in favour
of the death penalty?
Isn’t it better to execute someone
than to lock them up forever?
Don’t victims of violent crime and
their families have a right to
justice?
Is the battle to abolish the death
penalty being won?
Is there a humane and painless
way to execute a person?
Doesn’t the death penalty prevent
crime?

28. Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment
https://www.amnesty.org.au/why-amnesty-opposes-the-death-penalty/