LO: To investigate personal and religious views on the Death Penalty

LO: To investigate personal and religious
views on the Death Penalty
Capital
Punishment:
Is the ultimate
punishment,
it is the death penalty.
South Korea
Ghana
Iran
United States
Ireland
Nigeria
Rwanda
Uganda
France
Egypt
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Yes
United States
Egypt
Nigeria
Iran
Uganda
No
Ireland
Rwanda
France
South Korea
Ghana
Pros
Cons
http://www.truetube.co.uk/society/justice--equality/deathpenalty-debate
Add these to your list
Against the death penalty
YouTube - Abolish the death penalty
Pro the death penalty
YouTube - Pro-Death Penalty
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In pairs make a list of reasons:
For Capital Punishment and a list against
Capital Punishment.
You might want
To reflect on the
Images on the next
Slide for some
Help……
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Is there a difference between
killing someone legally and
murdering someone?
Does it make sense to show killing
is wrong by killing?
Are all methods of Capital
punishment inhumane? Are some
worse than others?
38 states in USA have the death penalty
States with NO DEATH PENALTY
(Alaska,District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia,
Wisconsin)
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Texas - 355
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Indiana - 16
Virginia - 94
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Delaware - 14
Oklahoma - 79
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Illinois - 12
Missouri - 66
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Nevada, California - 11 each
Florida - 60 The amount of 
Mississippi,
people
whoUtah - 6 each
Georgia - 39
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Maryland, Washington - 4 each
have been executed
in the
North Carolina - 38
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Nebraska, Pennsylvania - 3
each
USA
South Carolina, Alabama
- 34since 1976
each
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Kentucky, Montana, Oregon - 2
each
Louisiana, Arkansas - 27 each
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Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,
Arizona - 22
New Mexico, Tennessee,
Ohio - 19
Wyoming - 1 each
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US government - 3
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2)………………….
3)…………………
4)…………………
5)………………….
Can you name
them?
Lethal injection
Hanging
Electric chair
Gas
Firing squad
What should people be given
the death penalty for?
1. If you kill a police
officer/ jail warden
2. Murder whilst
kidnapping,
burglary, robbery,
aggravated sexual
assault, arson ( fire)
3. Murder during
prison escape
4.Murder by a state
prison inmate who is
serving a life
sentence for any of
five offences
5.Multiple murders
(serial killers)
6. Murder of an
individual under six
years of age
Some Christians and
Muslims support
the Death Penalty
Some Christians and
Muslims are
against the
Death Penalty
It is wrong to say….
All Christians or All Muslims think …………
Christians & Muslims Against the Death Penalty
‘ You shall not murder’
Christians & Muslims For the Death Penalty
‘ An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth’
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Some Christians and Muslims believe that
punishment should happen but it is to change the
criminal (Reform)
God will judge them in the end
However other Christians and Muslims are pro
capital/ corporeal punishment- Sharia Law ( Islamic
Law)- allows such punishments to teach others how
not to behave.
Lots of Christians in America are pro death penalty
‘eye for an eye’.
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An Anglican Bishop gives the Christian
point of view on the death penalty.
Three commonly held perspectives are
explored, as well as the opportunity for
change and redemption offered by the
Christian faith.
http://www.truetube.co.uk/global/custo
ms-and-traditions/jesus--capitalpunishment
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An interview with Michael Johnson, a death
row convict in the United States. Michael
was sentenced to death for his part in the
murder of a petrol station worker. Here he
shares his thoughts and feelings about his
time in prison and his imminent death.
http://www.truetube.co.uk/crime/punishme
nt/life-on-death-row
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An ex-murderer facing capital punishment
talks about how he escaped execution in the
USA. He believes that a death sentence is
an expensive and even harmful solution to
crime. His views are supported by a death
penalty expert who favours life
imprisonment for the most dangerous.
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http://www.truetube.co.uk/crime/punishme
nt/escaping-the-death-penalty
Your views on the death penalty
Draw this template into your books! It
needs to be big enough to write 1 word in
each square!
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Execution
Lethal injection
Guillotine
Firing squad
Inhumane
Justice
Electric chair
Crucifixion
Punishment
Hanging
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
Choose 6 of the
words in the box and
put them in the grid
in your book!
Outcome check
Can you.. explain the terms capital
punishment and death penalty
Can you… explain arguments for and against
the death penalty
Can you… evaluate different religious views on
the death penalty and give your own opinions