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Capital punishment is no longer practised in our society. Explain what differing Christian attitudes might be to capital punishment
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"Capital punishment is no longer practised in our society. Explain what differing Christian attitudes might be to capital punishment." Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty. It is when a criminal is put to death for their crime. It is a way of dealing and eliminating criminals who have committed such horrific crimes, which are intolerable for our society. However, today it has become far less popular as many people are opposed to it. Until 1965 people in Britain could be hanged for murder. In 1965 it was permanently abolished for a trial period of 5 years. At the end of the trial period it was permanently abolished for murder. It was retained for treason, piracy on the high seas and burning Her Majesty's shipyards, so there is still a gallows at the English Prison. However since 1997, Capital Punishment has now completely been abolished. There...
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