Capital Punishment The death penalty is not a new idea in our world. Its origins date back over 3,700 years to the Babylonian civilization, where it was prescribed for a variety of crimes. (Capital Punishment p.10). It was also greatly used in the Greek and Roman Empires. It continued into England during the Middle Ages, and then to the American colonies where it exists still today. In the colonies, death was a prescribed punishment for crimes …showed first 75 words of 1132 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1132 total…Becker, © 1991 pp. 41, 70 Capital Punishment Michael Kronenwetter, 1993 pp. 10-15, 31 More Blacks Favour the Death Penalty JET Magazine, Vol. 93, Issue 24, May 11, 1998 pp. 5-6 Pro Capital Punishment Page http://www.rit.edu/~wwl2461/cp.html Capital Punishment http://ethics.acusd.edu/mill.html U.S. Department of Justice Press Release, Sunday December 13, 1998 http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/cp.97.pr Survey of 50 Catholics Performed by Amit Juneja Ages of surveyed range from 15 to 55 years of age