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- 4. The ___ plays a crucial role in deciding whether someone should receive capital punishment or not.
- 6. One of the arguments in favor of capital punishment is that it prevents criminals from committing more crimes after being released from ___.
- 10. It is the ___ of an offender sentence to death.
- 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.
- 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.
- 14. Capital punishment is also known as ___penalty
- 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.
- 16. ___was sometimes an alternative for people that committed henious crimes.
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- 1. Capital punishment is the practice of killing a person who has been ___ of a crime,usually after legal process.
- 2. Some people also used ___ to avoid the worst punishment.
- 3. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhumane and degrading ___.
- 5. Some people argue that capital punishment is deterrent to ___ and just way of punishing the offenders.
- 7. International ___say that the use of death penalty must be restricted to the most serious crimes.
- 8. Capital punishment does not guarantee ___,as there is always a risk of executing innocent people or people who are unfairly convicted.
- 9. In some ___culture law breakers were punished by death.
- 11. The act of capital punishment officially became ___ in Belize in 1996.
- 13. Some crimes that may result ina death penalty are ___ treason rape and genocide.