Find the information on different views on death penalty and give your own reasons FOR and AGAINST it. Key words below may help you

FOR	AGAINST
1. 2.	1. 2.

Key words: to support, to defend, to revenge, retribution, to punish, (in)effective, to argue against, to maintain human dignity, brutal, alternative punishment, to threat, to (dis)agree, to oppose.

2. What are capital offenses? Name all the crimes that deserve death penalty as a punishment.

3. Capital punishment has been executed in different ways. Here is the list of methods. Divide them into out-dated and still used: electrocution, stoning, beheading, shooting, gassing, hanging, crucifixion, drowning, impaling and lethal injection. Why have the methods changed?

Out-dated	Still used

4. Name different types of punishment and present your own view: which punishment fit the following crimes:

- rape

- drug-trafficking

- pick-pocketing

- homicide

- hooliganism

- bribery

- bigamism

- speeding

5. JUSTICE or INJUSTICE? World War II was the bloodiest period of the human history. Massive killing occurred as the resolution of war. Here are some acts considered as crimes by Soviet Union’s military government and punished by death during that period: desertion, cowardice, marauding (мародерство), shirking under enemy fire (to shirk – увиливать). Present your own view on each offense.

6. What is the religious context of capital punishment? Read the following quotes and comment on the religious views of different nations. Explain, if they forbid or permit death as a penalty.

Buddhism: “Everyone fears punishment; everyone fears death, just as you do. Therefore do not kill or cause to kill. Everyone fears punishment; everyone loves life, as you do. Therefore do not kill or cause to kill” (Chapter 10 of Dhammapada);

Islam: “ "If anyone kills person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he killed all people. And if anyone saves a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all people" (Qur'an 5:32).