Hammurabi Capital Punishment History

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The History of Capital Punishment Capital punishment has been waging a war on ethical rights and wrongs ever since the Code of Hammurabi in 1750 BC. The Code of Hammurabi was created by Hammurabi, the ruler of Babylon (King, n.d.). The concept for these particular forms of punishments is “an eye for an eye”. The layout of the Code covers both civil and criminal law (King, n.d.). Although there are many pros and cons to the death penalty, you must weigh them all out to decide if you are for or against it. I believe it is immoral not to take the life of someone who has raped, molested, tortured, or murdered someone. These are just a few of many things that I believe you should be killed for doing. Justice should right a wrong, with an eye for an eye, but it is not always equal justice that is sentenced. It would not be out of balance for the death penalty to be forced on someone in cases when rape and molestation has happened. Does the rapist who raped and murdered a young girl get a punishment sentence to be raped and then murdered afterwards like he has done? No, but in this society…show more content…
Not only has the organization helped states push the anti-death penalty and promoted their reasoning for why capital punishment is flawed public policy, they also aided with abolishing the death penalty in three states: New Mexico, New Jersey, and New York (NCADP, 2012). William Jennings Bryan (1896) stated, “The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in armor of a righteous cause is stronger than all the hosts of error.” Believing one day that each state will eventually abolish the death penalty, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will continue to have an effective campaign, in hopes of there never being another execution
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