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The history of the Death Penalty in England - Coggle Diagram
The history of the Death Penalty in England
Types of Death Penalty
Hanging
Drawing and Quartered
Disembowelment
Execution
Burning at the Stake
Firing Squad
Animals
Blood Eagle
Blowing from a Gun
Boiling to Death
Buried Alive
Crucifixtion
Drowning
Impalement
Stoning
Types of Capital Crime
Adultery
Treason
Witchcraft
Murder
Arson
Espionage
Theft
Being in the company of Gipsies for a month
Maiming of cattle
Damaging Westminster Bridge
Forgery
Herasy
The abolition of the Death Penalty
1965
Remained legal for treason until 1998
Children Act 1908 banned execution of children under 16
From 1931 pregnant women could no longer be hanged
1933- minimum aged raised to 18
Last Executions- 13th August 1964- Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans- for the murder of John Alan West on the 7th April 1964
Last death sentence
David Chapman- sentenced to hang in Nov 1965- murder of a swimming pool nigh watchman- released in 1979- later killed in a car accident
Comparison to other Countries
Countries that still use the Death Penalty
US
China
Indonesia
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Vietnam
Iraq
Japan
Singapore
Somalia
South Sudan
Belarus
Yemen
Afghanistan
Botswana
Taiwan
Thailand
North Korea
Sri Lanka
Countries that Abolished the Death Penalty before the UK
Venezuela
San Marino
Costa Rico
Panama
Ecuador
Uruguay
Iceland
Italy
Columbia
Honduras
Monaco