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LEGAL STUDIES
FOCUS STUDY – CRIME ASSESSMENT TASK
BY STEPHANIE POWER

DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA

THE HISTORY: Death penalty laws date back to as far as the 18th century BC in England. Under the rules of King Hammaurabi of Babylon the death penalty was codified as you're only allowed to be punished to death for one or more of 25 crimes. Such punishments were:
• Crucifixion
• Drowning
• Beating to death
• Burning alive
• Impalement
In the 20th century AD hanging became the more common way of capital punishment in England. In the 1700's 222 crimes were punishable by death some of the crimes included:
• Cutting down a tree
• Stealing
Because of the harshness of the consequences of committing non serious crimes the judges were reluctant to sentence the death penalty and chose jail instead. Over time 100 out of 222 crimes were eliminated for crimes worth capital punishment. Brittain influenced the Americans to use the death penalty in their legal system then any......

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Approximate Pages: 10 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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