Q6. What's the history of the death penalty?

The first death penalty laws established in the eighteenth century B.C. in the code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes. The death penalty was also part of the Hittite Code in the fourteenth century B.C.  The Draconian Code of Athens, in seventeenth century B.C., made death the lone punishment for all crimes. In the fifth century B.B, the Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets also contained the death penalty. Death sentences were carried out by crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement. In the tenth century, hanging became the usual method of execution in Britain. And the executions were carried out for such capital offenses such as marrying a Jew, not confessing to a crime and treason. Britain influenced America's use of the death penalty more than any other country.




[CITATION]
・DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/part-i-history-death-penalty
・FindLaw. http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/history-of-death-penalty-laws.html