History of Death Penalty Death penalty was set up as a punishment for people who committed crimes. The king of Babylon, Hammurabi in 18th century BC put into the form of a code the death penalty for almost 25 different crimes and murder was not included in them. In 16th century BC Egypt, the first death sentence occurred which was historically recorded where the wrongdoer was ordered to take his own life. Hittite code also practiced death penalty in 14th century BC. Death was made the penalty by Draconian code of Athens in 7th century BC for every crime which was committed. In 5th century death penalty was codified by the Roman Law.
- There are five justifications for implementation of death penalty which are as follows:
- The chances that the offender will return back to the society are reducing to nil.
- Closure for victims’ families.
- Other offenders discourage or deter against the future violations.
- For the offender who commits such serious crimes, death penalty is the appropriate punishment.
- Rightful societal vengeance is also one of the justifications of death penalty.
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