It is not known the exact date and time that the first execution took place, but one of the first documented cases was as early as the Fifth Century B.C.. Captain George Kendall was executed . His crime was documented “Spy” for Spain. Method of execution “Public Hanging”. The Death Penalty was “Romans Law Of The Twelve Tablets”. The Death Sentence was handed out to “any and all” punishable crimes. In the Tenth Century William The Conqueror a Celebrity of his time was one of the first out spoken opposer of the Death Penalty. He felt it was not a necessary punishment unless it was a “Crime Of War” such as treason or spying. And so it began the great debate Should we use The Death Penalty as punishment to crime.Today, out of 196 Countries 140 have abolished the death penalty.
With capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, it has its pros and cons. Pros, being that the death penalty brings a closure to loved ones who lost the victim. It also lets people know that the criminal who was convicted of such a heinous crime, will never be a repeat offender. With the cons, retribution is just another word for revenge... The desire for revenge is one of the lowest human emotions. Since the reinstatement of the modern death penalty, 97 people have been freed from death row because they were later proven innocent. This is by far
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They believe the cost of food medical and all expenses incurred with life. Everything that is needed for an ordinary trial is needed for a death penalty case, only more so more pre-trial time, more experts, twice as many attorneys, two trials instead of one will be conducted: one for guilt and one for punishment. And then will come a series of appeals during which the inmates are held in the high security of death row. Most of which is never paid for by the defendant but by tax payer dollars. The cost difference varies from state to state but is in the