Death Penalty Debate.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1 - Global abolition of capital punishment -- Capital punishment around the world -- Alarming rise in death sentences -- Death sentences and executions -- Five brutal methods of execution -- In less than 40 years, 124 countries have abolished the death penalty - and here's why the rest should end it too -- Countries with and without the death penalty -- United Nations and the abolition of the death penalty -- What do they say about the death penalty? -- Timeline: the United Nations and the death penalty -- 10 facts about the death penalty -- International law and the death penalty -- The death penalty in SE Asia: is there a trend towards abolition? -- Chapter 2 - Attitudes towards the death penalty -- Death penalty and Australia -- Australian attitudes towards the death penalty -- What more can Australia do to end the death penalty worldwide? -- On the abolition of the death penalty -- Should we bring back the death penalty? -- 5 reasons some people think the world needs the death penalty -- 5 reasons to abolish the death penalty -- Why the death penalty should be abolished -- Death penalty: frequently asked questions -- Death penalty - what you need to know! -- Fact check: no proof the death penalty prevents crime -- Do these death penalty justifications hold up? -- The death penalty is morally unacceptable -- The failings of capital punishment: Indonesia executes the traffickers -- Indonesia's retributive justice was deaf to pleas for reformed Bali duo -- The Bali Nine, Indonesia and state-sanctioned violence -- Indonesia does need the death penalty to deter drug traffickers -- Posturing over the death penalty -- Exploring issues - worksheets and activities -- Fast facts -- Glossary -- Web links -- Index.

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