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Capital punishment

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1 The ________ series Oz focused on counter-perspectives for/against the death penalty.

2 In addition, in 2002, the United States Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the execution of individuals with mental retardation, in ________.

3 "Women's Prison", song from ________'s Van Lear Rose album

4 In early ________, public executions were a very solemn and sorrowful occasion, sometimes attended by large crowds, who also listened to a Gospel message[32] and remarks by local preachers and politicians.

5 The United Methodist Church, along with other ________ churches, also condemns capital punishment, saying that it cannot accept retribution or social vengeance as a reason for taking human life.

6 Blood feuds could be regulated at meetings, such as the ________ things.

7 ________ has recently, as a move towards EU membership, undergone a reform of its legal system.

8 ________ covered the song in the 70's, and was subsequently revived by Page and Plant during their No Quarter acoustic tours.

9 ________ is a 2005 television series, whose protagonist attempts to save his brother from execution by devising a plan that will help them escape from prison.

10 ________ or Islamic law may require capital punishment, there is great variation within Islamic nations as to actual capital punishment.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • during the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka the slaughter of cattle was a crime punishable by death?
  • in 1865, Dr Edward William Pritchard, who poisoned his wife and mother-in-law, became the last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow?
  • at great risk, Squadron Leader Phil Lamason of the RNZAF negotiated the transfer of 166 allied airmen from Buchenwald concentration camp, a week before their scheduled execution?
  • a U.S. government funded research project is concluding that racial discrimination is a significant factor when jurors make death penalty decisions?
  • mazzatello—a method of execution employed in the Papal States in the 18th and 19th centuries—involved smashing a mallet into the head of the condemned?
  • in Elizabethan England anyone opening a message in a bottle without the approval of the Queen could face the death penalty?
  • the execution of Flor Contemplacion strained relations between Singapore and the Philippines?
  • the mouth of the disgraced Tang Dynasty chancellor Yuan Zai was stuffed with socks by the executioner when he was executed for corruption?
  • the parents of Anna Seidel, a German Sinologist and expert on Taoism, risked the death penalty by hiding a Jewish friend during World War II?
  • the fate of an opossum in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Possum" has been described as an allegory for capital punishment?
  • the Tour de Nesle scandal led to the imprisonment of French Princesses Blanche and Margaret and the execution of their lovers?
  • the murder of Rie Isogai was the first single-killing in recent years in Japan for which multiple convicts were sentenced to death?
  • Takashi Sakai, a General of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, was sentenced to death on August 27, 1946 for atrocities committed against civilians and surrendered soldiers in Hong Kong?
  • Robert Meeropol, son of Communists Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, was adopted by "Strange Fruit" lyricist Abel Meeropol following the Rosenbergs' execution for espionage?
  • Arthur William Hodge was the only white person in the history of the British West Indies to be executed for killing a black slave?
  • Basheba Spooner was the first woman to be executed in the United States of America, for the murder of a Minuteman who had raped her?
  • Archibald Cameron of Locheil was the last man to be executed for his part in Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite rebellion?
  • Alse Young is believed to have been the first person to be executed as a witch in the American colonies?
  • Lee Boyd Malvo entered an Alford plea in 2004 for his role in the Beltway sniper attacks, as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty?
  • Dr. Chris Hatcher convinced the jury in a capital punishment case without having interviewed the defendant?
  • Froduald Karamira, sentenced to death for his role in the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, was one of the last individuals executed before capital punishment was abolished in the country?
  • Margaret Roper, daughter of Thomas More, purchased his head after his execution and preserved it in spices until her own death?
  • Nicolas Jacques Pelletier was the first person to be executed by guillotine (pictured)?
  • St. Anne's Church in Warsaw was the place of execution of Bishop JĂłzef Kossakowski during the Warsaw Uprising of 1794?
  • Hastings Wise is the sixth person to waive appeals of the death sentence in South Carolina since the state resumed executions after Gregg v. Georgia?
  • Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia gave away his cat to one of the soldiers tasked with his execution?
  • "quickfire", a form of arson employed in Scandinavian blood feuds, was punishable by death only if the perpetrator was caught in the act and killed at the scene of the crime?
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