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criticize abolished serious controversial practice capital punishment

In the late 18th century, social commentators began to … penal practices they considered brutal and unnecessary. Many of these philosophers condemned the use of…, initiating a debate that has continued to modern times. During the 19th century, legal reformers in England and the United States helped enact laws limiting the death penalty to the most … crimes. Shortly after World War II (1939-1945), many countries in Western Europe, beginning with Italy and Germany, …capital punishment. Britain, Canada, and Australia followed suit. A similar abolition movement coincided with the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991, when several nations in Eastern Europe eliminated capital punishment. The use of the death penalty has become increasingly…, especially in the United States and Japan, the only industrialized democracies that continue to … capital punishment.

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Göring’s Death Sentence

German field marshal Hermann Göring, second only to dictator Adolf Hitler in the National Socialist (Nazi) government, stands trial before the International Military Tribunal, held in Nürnberg, Germany, in 1945 and 1946. Göring was convicted of all the charges brought against him and sentenced to death by hanging. He committed suicide hours before his scheduled execution on October 15, 1946.





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