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Since when do people have the idea to death another human being? Certainly hard to find a birth year of the death penalty. What is certain is the death penalty was officially recognized in conjunction with any written law, since the presence of King Hamurabi laws in Babylonia in the 18th century BC. At that time there are 25 kinds of crimes punishable by death.

The next type of crime that carries a penalty of death vary. For example, in the kingdom of Greece in the 7th century BC the death penalty applies to all criminal acts. In subsequent periods of crimes that threatened the death penalty is increasingly limited.

Abolitionist
or referred to as the death penalty abolition movement, emerged in 1767. The movement was inspired essay "On Crimes and Punishment" written Cesare Beccaria.

In essence, the essay says the state does not have the right to revoke the person's life.

Since the show abolitionist movement, many countries are reducing the types of offenses punishable by death.

In Britain, for example, between 1823 until 1837 as many as 100 among 222 criminal act which carries the death penalty abolished.

The state of Pennsylvania, United States, formally abolish the death penalty in 1834. Pennsylvania was the first state to abolish the death penalty. Gradually the courts in the United States did not apply the death penalty. But in 1994 President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which expands the application of capital punishment in the U.S.. In 1996 the application of the death penalty be extended again through Antiterrrorism and Effective Death penalthy Act signed by Clinton.

The right to life as the basis for abolition of capital punishment grew stronger when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by the United Nations.

In Europe abolishing the death penalty just erupted between 1950 to 1980. That, too, is de facto not been officially revoked. Furthermore, in 1999 Pope John Paul II called for abolishing the death penalty. Resolution of this appeal in conjunction with the High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for a moratorium on the death penalty.

Type of Execution Humuman Dead
How to executions from time to time getting changed. During the communal society, the death penalty is applied with a very cruel way like being buried alive, beheaded, crucified, stoned / thrown new or busy-busy with elephant trampled. In this period the death penalty is varied in each place. In general, executions carried out to become a public spectacle.

In the People's Republic of China executions by firing squad in public is still applicable, especially for the corruptor. Execution is by firing squad.
Execution in public they are still effective value for a deterrent effect for others. Maybe that's what makes China until the year 2006 was recorded as the country's most lots execute death row inmates. The official data says 1100 executed prisoners were executed last year. Behind China, trailing Iran (177 executions), Pakistan (82), Iraq (65), Sudan (65), and the United States (53 executions).

How "human" way of execution of death row inmates, punishment is still considered as one form of cruel punishment.

Therefore, now 90 countries in the world abolish the death penalty altogether. Eleven other countries abolish the death penalty except for extraordinary crimes. In addition, 32 countries did not abolish the death penalty, but never also apply the death penalty. In countries like the judges to use discretion to not impose the death penalty. Meanwhile there are still 64 countries, including Indonesia, which until now applying the death penalty.