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Most countries have abolished the death penalty altogether; most others use it rarely if ever; and a clear majority have supported a UN Resolution against the death penalty in each of the last three years (in 2010 the majority was 109 vs 41). However, a few - including China, the USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan - still regularly put people to death.

Most supporters of the death penalty believe that it is justified one or more of the following grounds: (i) as a means of retribution (ie they should die because they deserve to die); (ii) as a deterrent to others; (iii) to prevent any danger of re-offending; (iv) because it's cheaper than keeping people in prison.

Opponents object to the death penalty on one or more of the following grounds: (i) killing someone is always wrong, and two wrongs can never make a right; (ii) there is in fact no evidence of a deterrent effect; (iii) life without parole is just as effective a way to prevent someone reoffending as executing them; (iv) saving money can never be a justification for taking someone's life; and finally, (v) mistakes are bound to happen, and that means people being put to death for a crime they didn't commit (imagine if that were you or someone you loved).

Personal views for the death penalty

1 SiHuan system, setting up the purpose is to absolve kill/less kill (principle) the purpose of legislation.

2, the first of the SiHuan system is the our country criminal law execution system, this system is the implementation yishen kill/less principles, and the creation of death is a kind of special (China only) legal system.

3 in temporarily unable to abolish death penalty the brutal punishment situation, SiHuan can yet be regarded as a kind of alternative death and not to relax the means to fight crime.

4, but, in practice, SiHuan but often becomes a kind of discretion of the judge, the flexible space in judicial corruption, judge low quality under Chinese legal status, evolved into one of the mark of enterprisers deal...

5, also, the presumption of guilt has been the presumption of innocence, the judge found the defendant in today's evidence is not too sufficient, the prosecution authority and very strong, often use SiHuan to judgment, not apply some mystery without doubt from sin, also make the legal principle SiHuan coated with dust...

6, as a firmly opposed the death penalty, and a member of the major of law, I think, under the existing conditions or SiHuan for human rights have certain progressive significance..

7 for the death penalty, some of the history and debate:

In the United States, each big concern the death penalty of websites listing the names: the first below 1,000 people, KENNETH BOYD (KENNETH BOYD), the execution date: dec. 2, 2005, north Carolina;

Article 155 people, summer • John Foley Shawn Humphries), yunus (the execution date: of dec. 2, 2005, south Carolina.

The count is a very strange thing, it will produce some unexpected effect.

For example, people will be commonplace, because count, at some point to stop, for a review and reflection.

The U.S. death penalty execution since 1976 recovery the first 1,000 death row, is so.

Has the death penalty should be abolished or will be put to death is one thing, the death penalty method is another matter.

Humans in early death, however, similar to turn it into law, but it reflects society in maturity, start thinking about the punishment regulations as a common bond.

Generally, promulgated by the 18th century BC, Babylon is relatively mature death penalty law the earliest death method.

It provides 25 kinds of crimes can be put to death.
In the seventh century B.C. Athens, Greece, once for all crimes executed as the only punishment, is again a slight crime, also gush.

All the way down, the 5th century BC, Roman also had its death method.

Death means various with today's perspective, and often very cruel.

Today people think is "cruel" hanging, at that time root nothing, the death penalty is usually burned, drowned, CheLie, live killed, etc.

In the 10th century, British quite common hanging become death mode.

In the ensuing years, Britain is represented by a William the Conqueror (William the Conqueror), he once declared, in his reign, in addition to war, and shall not executed anyone outside.

This is probably the earliest abolished the death penalty work hard.

But, obviously less than temperature.

So, the death penalty recover soon, then only in king Henry viii, oversees about 7.2 million people were put to death.

Britain for the death penalty review process is very interesting.

In Britain the jury system to implement the very early.

This makes the populace to the laws against torture a channel.

British sentenced to death of so-called charges, once very hasty and in the 18th century, have 222 a, say theft charges can be executed cut down a tree, the tree cut such shouldn't.

Finally, people thought it too far.

They have no ability to change a law and through a jury system to express their unhappiness.

In some they think shouldn't put to death case, when there's enough evidence to prove the suspect guilty, jurors is find him not guilty.

Because once condemned is death.

This situation happened, is actually a judicial system in shake itself, which forced British in 1823 to 1837 ween, review and reform their death penalty law, almost half of charges, delimit out from the death penalty.

Britain's death a law to be brought to north American colonies the pioneers.
The British north American colonies death penalty, is the first in 1608 of Virginia, is the latest was going to become the first 1,000 death-row and be forgiven place.