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Title: Capital Punishment: Life or Death


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Capital Punishment Life or Death
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Capital punishment
  • The word "capital" in "capital punishment" refers
    to a person's head.
  • In the past, people were often executed by
    severing their head from their body.

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Introduction of Death Penalty
  • The death penalty, known as capital punishment
    and is the harshest form of punishment enforced
    today.
  • If the jury recommends the death penalty and the
    judge agrees then the criminal will face some
    form of execution, lethal injection is the most
    common form used today.

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Death Penalty in Taiwan
  • Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment
    in the Taiwan.
  • Before 2000 Taiwan had a relatively high
    execution rate (the data released by Executive
    Yuan's Ministry of Justice showed that 658
    people, including six females, were executed in
    Taiwan between January 1950 and March 2001.)

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Capital Punishment Debate
  • Supporters of the death penalty claim that life
    imprisonment is not an effective deterrent to
    criminal behavior.
  • Opponents maintain that the death penalty has
    never been an effective deterrent, that errors
    sometimes lead to the execution of innocent
    persons, and that capital punishment is imposed
    inequitably, mostly on the poor and on racial
    minorities.

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Methods of Execution
  • Electric Chair

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  • Lethal Injection

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  • Gas Chamber

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  • Crushing by Elephant

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Discussion
  1. Do you agree with the death penalty? Why or
    why not?
  2. In your opinion, what people should be exempt
    from the death penalty?
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