Evolution of Capital Punishment

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February 2, 2015

 

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The death sentence is a major way of ensuring respect and instilling fear in people. It was not until recent times that the punishment of death was reserved for murder and other major offences. Throughout time, capital punishment has evolved from an extremely gruesome public display, to a more painless and serene type of penalty...
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Capital punishment has been around since approximately 1500 BCE (Laurence 2). The criminal condemned was found "guilty of magic" and was sentenced to death. The exact mode of his death was "left to the culprit, who was his own executioner." (Laurence 2). In England, there is no record of capital punishment earlier than 450 BCE, when it was "the custom to throw those condemned to die in a quagmire...
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