Religion Crime Punishment Capital Punishment DeterrenceRetribution Learning objectives

Religion, Crime & Punishment Capital Punishment (Deterrence/Retribution) Learning objectives: To understand what is meant by capital punishment and where it is still practised. To express a personal opinion on capital punishment.

True or False? Listen to the statements, hold up the green card in your planner if you think it is true, hold up the red card if you think it is false.

Definition It is the sentencing of death decided by the Judicial System as the ultimate punishment for a criminal act known as a ‘capital crime’.

TASK: Design a time line Context • The death penalty goes back as far as there are societal laws, for example, it is spoke of in the OT (e. g. Violation of the Sabbath and use of magic). • In the 1700’s in Britain there were 222 crimes punishable by death (e. g. Cutting down a tree or stealing an animal). • From the 1800 s, parliament began to reduce the number of crimes punishable by death. • Murder was removed in 1969. • The last crime punishable by death to be removed was ‘high treason’ in 1998. • The UK Secretary in 1999 signed a humans rights bill to abolish the death penalty permanently in the UK. • However, it does still exist in numerous countries around the world. • In the US it exists in 36 states (12 opted out).

Which crimes do you think are punished by the death penalty? (Discuss in pairs and feedback to the rest of the class before we look at some answers) Murder Terrorism Treason Rape Kidnapping Arson Drug dealing Homosexuality Prostitution Witchcraft Fraud Adultery

Come up to the board and mark on this map the countries which do have capital punishment (initial your mark so we know who is right)

Around the world…

Plenary… ‘To me capital punishment is…’