2015年7月9日木曜日

Answer to my Question 2

Who was the first person to die by the death penalty?

When this question first popped up in my head, i was suddenly very curious to find out who it was so researching this information was quite interesting.
On this site called Death Penalty Info, it showed that the first every death sentence was taken place way back in the 18th century B. C. He was sentenced to death for 25 differenct crimes which was taken place in in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon (Iraq).
Many of the first methods of the death penalty were hanging, stoning, crucifixion, burning alive, and impalement.

I was worried that my research wasnt correct so i checked out another site called ProCon which also stated that the first death sentence took place in the Code of Hannaurabi.
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Rogers, Simon. "Death Penalty Statistics, Country by Country." TheGaurdian. Mona Chalabi, 13 Dec. 2013. Web. 9 July 2015.

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