Capital punishment

legal infliction of the death penalty (80% of Americans are in favor)
capital crime = murder
lynching= unauthorized use of deathe penalty
Orgins: Code of hammurbi-it says punishment should fit crime
Old testament: Book of law: “eye for an eye” (ex.) neighbor cuts ur hand off u cut theres found in the book of Leviticus
Draconian Code- death penalty for every offense
Types: “Barbaric” use of death penalty
Crucifixion-asphixation – lungs collapse (roman)
Stoning-still allowed in some conservatice Islamic countries (arab/jewish –mainly used against women who commited adultery
Beheading-ancient times
Drawing an...