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The Death Penalty
The death penalty has existed for well over 4000 years. In 1728 BC the
code of Hamurabe was passed to allow legal execution. For centuries capital
punishment was a public spectacle: states used executions to demonstrate the
ultimate consequence of attacking the state. During the 18th century in England
executions attracted tens of thousands of people in some cases there would be
riots. ....
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.... third stage of the
execution is that the persons gentiles would be cut off and burned in front of
the body before it was cut from the going to the chest and the intestines would
be taken out and also burned, after the body would be cut into four pieces and
the head would be displayed for the public. In one case a man at the point of
the hanging took a literal running jump in order to break his neck but
unfortunately the cord broke instead. This caused him to be tota ....
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