Capital Punishment
Date Submitted: 12/03/2004 04:01:20
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 6 pages (1759 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 6 pages (1759 words)
Capital punishment is the lawful infliction of the death penalty and since ancient times it has been used to punish a wide variety of offenses. The Bible prescribes death for murder and many other crimes such as kidnapping and witchcraft. Major felonies carry the death penalty and some of these felonies are treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. In the 1800's however, England enacted many new capital offenses, and hundreds of persons were being …
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