Only primitive minds calls for death penalty.
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It's good map!
The Death Penalty World Map
Dreen - Abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war)
Yellow - Legal form of punishment but not used in the last 10 years (or has a moratorium in effect).
Red - Legal form of punishment for certain offenses
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It's more or less clear with Lukashenko - the dictator is keeping the death penalty for possible liquidation of the opponents. If the propagation isn't successful, there is the passes a juggling of voices - several years ago in Belarus was a referendum about it. Result on the person.
Remarkably - the USA falls under the definition of "primitive minds" - in 35 States of the 51 death penalty (including life imprisonment for children from 12 years (correct if wrong)
USA gives a unique example of "civilization" while retaining the death penalty.
According to The Death Penalty Information Center the death penalty for today is present at the legislation of such states as: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississipi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Nju-Gempshir, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Northern Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah.
Two thirds of executions occur in Texas!!!
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A little bit of history:
The first colonists mastering a New World have brought in it from Europe the death penalty practice as punishments. For the first time the death penalty on the American continent has taken place in the State of Virginia in 1608. The convict — captain George Kendall — has been charged of espionage for benefit of Spain. In 1612 the governor of the State of Virginia had been accepted the statute book, received the name «Divine, Moral and Martial Laws» which provided the death penalty even for insignificant offenses, for example such as grapes larceny. [ ] in a colony of the Massachusetts gulf the first execution has taken place in 1630, and in New York in 1665 the statute book named «Duke’s Laws» according to which the death penalty punished even «negation of true God» has been accepted.
From the XVIII-th century beginning in America the tendency to decrease in quantity of the death penalties is observed and there are movements of abolitionists (that is opponents of the death penalty as punishments for criminal activity). To the end of the century in the State of Pennsylvania the death penalty for all crimes, except murder of the first degree has been cancelled. In Civil war in the USA movement against the death penalty weak, having given way to movements for slavery cancellation.
During Civil war has extended across all America so-called «Lynch's courts», named so by name of the land owner from Virginia Charles Lynch who punished infringers of the law without court. Because lynching is not involved in the courts, but with local residents, who were execute guilty at their discretion, its impossible'to name this practice directly to concept "death penalty".
In first half XX th centuries movement of abolitionists has renewed, and support of the death penalty among the country population to 1960 has sharply decreased.
In 1972 on the death penalty the moratorium as it has been recognized the contradicting constitution of the country has been entered into the USA.
However in 1976 year the Supreme court of the USA has permitted all states to renew renew of death sentences. first execution after the moratorium has taken place only in 1982 in Texas.
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Do you think USA really belongs to the "primitive minds"?
Stay Belarus on the same line of develop story like USA?
Or it's only protest Lukashenko against the European Union and opportunity to show the strength and independence? ....Or something else?..
