Death is the ultimate price
u can pay, sometimes when a crime is carried out that is so horrendous capital punishment
is the only option. The first death penalty laws date as far back as the
eighteenth century from the code of King Hammurabi of
Babylon. In these times they would carry out
the punishment by crucifixion, drowning, beaten to death, being burnt alive and
impalement. In tenth century Britain William the Conqueror used hanging for any
crime, unless they were at war. Capital punishment was brought over to
America from
England. The first case was carried
out in the James Town colony of
Virginia
in 1608. Captain George Kendall was believed to be a spy for the Spanish which
resulted in him being first recipient of the death penalty in
America. Today
the death penalty is only carried out in 35 of the 50 states. The process is
also much longer, a man once stayed on death row for 33 years before his
execution was carried out. Now in my own opinion
its a shame to have to take a persons life,
but in some circumstances I believe it is necessary.
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