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Title: Hamlet
Words: 916
Capital Punishment
Capital punishment is punishment by death for committing a crime. Since the early 1800's, most executions have resulted from convictions for murder. The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, and treason. People disagree about whether capital punishment is moral or is effective in discouraging crime.
Capital punishment was widely used during the Middle Ages, especially for crimes against the state and church. In the 1700's, England had more than 200 capital offenses. Most were abolished in the 1800's. Britain abolished capital punishment on an experimental basis in 1965 and permanently abolished it in 1969.
Many other countries, including most European and Latin American nations, have abolish ...
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