Capital Punishment: General Flashcards
When was Capital Punishment abolished in the UK and under what Act?
1965 under the ‘Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty) Act 1965’.
In 2014, how many executions have been recorded worldwide ?
607
This number excludes China who executed more than the rest of the world combined
Which countries carried out public executions in 2014?
Iran and Saudi Arabia
What is the estimated number of capital punishment in 2009 in China?
Thousands
The actual number is a state secret
What are five methods of executions?
Beheading Electrocution Hanging Lethal injection Shooting by firing squad
Case Study: George Stinney Junior
The youngest person to be executed in the US in 1944 when he was sentenced to the electric chair
The trial was racially discriminatory, lacked any evidence and little witness testimony
He was ‘highly likely’ to have been coerced by authorities
70 years later a judge overturned his conviction because the court had failed to grant a fair trial
What is an an example of racism in sentencing in Louisiana?
The odds of a death sentence were 97% higher for those whose victim was white than for those whose victim was black
