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Capital Punishment. Should it be re-introduced into Britain?
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Capital Punishment. Should it be re-introduced into Britain? Since early man, capital punishment has been accepted as part of life. Their view was that if some one took another's life, then they should pay for it with their own, "Like punishment or like crime." Though during the reigns of King Canute and William the Conqueror, it is known, that not one case of capital punishment was ever enforced. That was no mean achievement for William the Conqueror, with rebellious up-risings being commonplace, especially in Northumbria. Although admittedly the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal. The earliest recording of capital punishment is in the "Code of Hammurabi" (written around 1750 BC) as well as this The Bible dictates capital punishment for some 30 crimes, including murder (Exodus 21:12) to fornication (Deuteronomy 22:13). "The Draconian Code" of ancient Greece went to the extreme imposing death as the penalty for every offence. ...
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