Capital Punishment

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  1. 4. The ___ plays a crucial role in deciding whether someone should receive capital punishment or not.
  2. 6. One of the arguments in favor of capital punishment is that it prevents criminals from committing more crimes after being released from ___.
  3. 10. It is the ___ of an offender sentence to death.
  4. 12. Some argue that it is a necessary and effective deterrent froe serious crimes, while others contend that it is a ___ and inhumane violation of human rights.
  5. 13. The ___ is the official who decides whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial,where a jury or a judge will determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
  6. 14. Capital punishment is also known as ___penalty
  7. 15. One of the main arguments against capital punishment is that it violates the right to life of the ___ ,who may be innocent or have been denied a fairly trial.
  8. 16. ___was sometimes an alternative for people that committed henious crimes.
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  1. 1. Capital punishment is the practice of killing a person who has been ___ of a crime,usually after legal process.
  2. 2. Some people also used ___ to avoid the worst punishment.
  3. 3. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhumane and degrading ___.
  4. 5. Some people argue that capital punishment is deterrent to ___ and just way of punishing the offenders.
  5. 7. International ___say that the use of death penalty must be restricted to the most serious crimes.
  6. 8. Capital punishment does not guarantee ___,as there is always a risk of executing innocent people or people who are unfairly convicted.
  7. 9. In some ___culture law breakers were punished by death.
  8. 11. The act of capital punishment officially became ___ in Belize in 1996.
  9. 13. Some crimes that may result ina death penalty are ___ treason rape and genocide.