Dødsstraf: historie, økonomi og etiske overvejelser

I find the death penalty as a topic very interesting. It is topic that all people have an opinion about.

The capital punishment is ultimately the most extreme punishment around the world. By taking another person’s life you push him into the unknown. The unknown is the greatest fear for all the fears.

It is a topic that evokes a lot of different feelings in me:

Should USA destroy all these families because execution is the easy way out for people that can’t afford a fair trial? One more thing that I had thought quite a lot about is that the majority of the States who have capital punishment are the most Christian States. Has the population forgotten the 10 commandments? The number 6 of the 10 commandment says “You shall not murder”

The history of the death penalty

The death penalty in Denmark in the past:

In our own country we had death penalty until the Danish government abolished it the 15 of April 1930 adoption of the Civil Criminal Code, but the death penalty was reintroduced after the 2. World war by the traitor law.

The USA still maintain the death penalty:

34 of 52 states in USA still maintains capital punishment. Only 6 percent of the states are not executing people. I think it’s strongly connected with the American culture. I think that death penalty will be a big issue for more centuries from now in the states. Taking another man’s life is something that lies deeply within the American spirit.