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The death penalty, torture and prison

Publié le 25/11/2013

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Introduction: Death penalty has been in use since the Antiquity. Before, there were no trials, so there were more like execution and the talion’s law. Methods : Europe is the continent that has the most abolitionist countries. To get into the European Union the capital punishment must be abolished. &l...
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« inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." (acétate 4) Prison.

The origins of prisons can be traced back to the rise of the state as a form of social organization.

At first prison was a form of revenge, but then some Ancient Greek philosophers (Plato) started to think about it not as retribution anymore but as a way to reform the prisoners. During the 18th century, people started to rebel against the capital punishment and torture; too violent, so rulers tried to find ways of punishment that were less violent and started to develop prisons.

(Ex: Britain  Australia)  . »

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