• Capital Punishment - The Pros and Cons

     

    Essays2 Law

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Extract

Capital Punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty. This is implemented if someone is found guilty of committing a capital offence. This is crime punishable by death. The main crimes that result in capital punishment are murder and treason. There is a difference between murder and manslaughter. Manslaughter is when someone kills another person but the murder is thought to be unintentional and the death penalty is not used for this. Murder is when the killing is intentional and pre-meditated and if found guilty of this crime, you can be sentenced to death.
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