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Unit 2 Crime and Punishment
Interpretation ofthequotationsWhenpeoplecommitcrimes,weshouldpunishorsentencethemto deathwithouthesitationIn order to show that murdering is totally notacceptable,thestatepays executioners to killthose criminalswho areunableto protectthemselves when they are subjected to thedeathpenalty.In otherwords,“in orderto showthat killing is wrong, we kill."This seems verymuchcontradictoryandinsensibleWeareagainstthedeathpenaltynotonlyforwhatitdoestothosepeople whocommittedextremely evil crimes,butforwhatit doesto allof us: it gives us the distorted belief that we canprotectourlives bytakingotherpeople'slives
Interpretation of the quotations • When people commit crimes, we should punish or sentence them to death without hesitation. • In order to show that murdering is totally not acceptable, the state pays executioners to kill those criminals who are unable to protect themselves when they are subjected to the death penalty. In other words, “in order to show that killing is wrong, we kill.” This seems very much contradictory and insensible. • We are against the death penalty not only for what it does to those people who committed extremely evil crimes, but for what it does to all of us: it gives us the distorted belief that we can protect our lives by taking other people’s lives
Capitalpunishment,orthedeathpenalty,is the execution of a personbyjudicialprocessasapunishmentfor an offense. Crimes thatcanresult in a deathpenalty areknownascapitalcrimesorcapitaloffencesThe term capital originates fromLatin capitalis, literally"regardingthe head"(Latin caput).Hence, acapital crimewasoriginallyonepunishedbythe severing of thehead
• Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head" (Latin caput). Hence, a capital crime was originally one punished by the severing of the head
Capitalpunishmenthasinthepastbeenpracticed in virtually every society, althoughcurrentlyonly58nations activelypractice it,with 95 countries abolishing it (the remainderhavingnotuseditfor10yearsorallowingitonlyinexceptionalcircumstancessuchaswartime). It is a matter of active controversyin various countries and states,andpositionscan vary within a single political ideology orcultural region.IntheEuropeanUnionmember states, Article 2 of the Charter ofFundamentalRightsoftheEuropeanUnionprohibits the use of capital punishment
• Capital punishment has in the past been practiced in virtually every society, although currently only 58 nations actively practice it, with 95 countries abolishing it (the remainder having not used it for 10 years or allowing it only in exceptional circumstances such as wartime). It is a matter of active controversy in various countries and states, and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region. In the European Union member states, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment
Today, most countries are considered byAmnestyInternational asabolitionist.which allowed a vote on a nonbindingresolutionto the UNto promote theabolition of the deathpenalty.Howeverover60%of theworld'spopulation liveincountries whereexecutionstakeplaceinsofaras thefourmostpopulouscountriesintheworld(the People'sRepublicof China,India,UnitedStatesandIndonesia)applythedeathpenaltyand are unlikely to abolish it in the nearfuture
• Today, most countries are considered by Amnesty International as abolitionist, which allowed a vote on a nonbinding resolution to the UN to promote the abolition of the death penalty. However, over 60% of the world's population live in countries where executions take place insofar as the four most populous countries in the world (the People's Republic of China, India, United States and Indonesia) apply the death penalty and are unlikely to abolish it in the near future