Pros And Cons (Teacher`s Version)

Im Original veränderbare Word-Dateien
PROS AND CONS
... to be completed
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
THE RESTORATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Introduction: Capital punishment was once common for a large number of
crimes, especially property offences.
Since the 1970s many states like Austria, Britain, Denmark,
Germany and some
individual
states of the USA
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
have ABOLISHED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ALTOGETHER;
a number of other states have not done so but it is seldom or
never INVOKED.
However, the USA provides a good example, as over the
last decade an increasing number of executions has taken
place.
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
Leading
to the discussion:
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
After
a spectacular
murder case (taxidriver,
kidnapped
child suffocates in a box etc.) THERE ARE HEATED
DISCUSSIONS about the pros and cons.
REINTRODUCTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?
PROS
CONS
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
=====================================================================
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
1) Since its abolition the crime rate has
There has never been any definite
MULTIPLIED in all of the countries.
proof that executions DETER
So, regrettable as it may be, it must
criminals.
be reintroduced in order to deter
Nobody can prove either that the present
those elements who do not shrink
crime rate would be lower if this
from
THREATENING
OTHER
punishment still existed.
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
PEOPLE’S LIVES.
Comparisons among federal states in the
USA with and without it show that it
DOES NOT DETER MANY.
In the "good old days" executions were
an abominable spectacle for the
population - normally only the lower
class criminals were hanged, while the
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
aristocracy lived according
to www.park-koerner.de
their own
rules.
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Kopierrechte (gedruckt und digital)
für alle eigenen Schüler bei Erwerb Privatlizenz, für
Verlag für digitale Unterrichtsvorbereitung
alle Schüler und Lehrer der Schule bei Erwerb Schüler-Lehrer-Lizenz
Im Original veränderbare Word-Dateien
PROS
CONS
=====================================================================
2) More criminals now carry very
When someone is pursued by the police,
dangerous
weapons;
fifty
years
ago
the prospect of beingCopyright
executedwww.park-koerner.de
will not
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
burglars went without firearms, but
stop him from SHOOTING if he sees a
as THE RISK OF HANGING has gone
chance of saving his skin.
they carry and use them in higher
numbers and more readily.
3) Capital punishment rids society of its
Capital punishment is definitive; a
enemies; without it prisons are
considerable number of cases are known
OVERCROWDED, they cost Copyright
money www.park-koerner.de
where MISCARRIAGES
of justice have
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
(more cells, wardens, food, clothes),
cost innocent people their lives.
and there is always the danger of an
No matter how many murderers were
ESCAPE, RIOT OR PARDON.
"deservedly" executed, just one mistake
is one too many for any civilised society.
4) The idea of punishment is of ten ideally
If re-education doesn't work, it is the
linked with that of re-education. With
best proof that it isn't done PROPERLY.
hardened
criminals,
however,
this
In understaffed prisons
convicts
are
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
does not work. A reckless murderer
locked up for 22 hours a day. If
cannot be turned into a USEFUL
successful reform work is to be done the
MEMBER OF SOCIETY.
conditions have to be changed in favour
of the criminals who want to be
TREATED FAIRLY, and who must be
made to understand that society hasn't
written them off. Then re-education will
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
have a better chance.Copyright www.park-koerner.de
5) Execution is for some criminals a
If prisoners are treated well, they can
better alternative to waiting for death
spend their prison terms sensibly: a few
for fifty or sixty years. Some prisoners
take to writing books, others make
in America's death rows have even
music. And with support they could turn
asked for their execution because they
to Christianity and REPENT THEIR
want to get it over with - to them a
SINS. This, of course, only works in
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright life
www.park-koerner.de
sentence is the greater PUNISHreformed prison systems.
MENT.
So "locking them up and throwing the
key away" is not the right APPROACH.
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Kopierrechte (gedruckt und digital)
für alle eigenen Schüler bei Erwerb Privatlizenz, für
Verlag für digitale Unterrichtsvorbereitung
alle Schüler und Lehrer der Schule bei Erwerb Schüler-Lehrer-Lizenz
Im Original veränderbare Word-Dateien
PROS
CONS
=====================================================================
6) It is certainly better if the family of a
Such a way of thinking is utterly
murdered
person
knows
that
the
unchristian - it is against
the roots
of our
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright
www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
murderer cannot survive and triumph,
belief to place the idea of revenge
but that he will be punished in the
higher than the PRINCIPLE OF
same way.
FORGIVENESS.
By killing a murderer society does the
same; it is then not SUPERIOR to the
murderer. Yet, the old idea ‘an eye for
an eye, a tooth for a tooth' was revised
through the sufferingCopyright
of Jesus www.park-koerner.de
Christ. So
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
modern Christian countries must
abstain from capital punishment.
7) It is the government's obligation to
PRESERVE law and order in the
country. In this context capital
punishment plays its part.
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Regardless of whether someone is killed
by AN INDIVIDUAL or a legal
institution, the taking of somebody's life
is a crime and sin and must not be
allowed.
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Room for your ideas
__________________________________
_____________________________________
__________________________________
_____________________________________
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
__________________________________
_____________________________________
__________________________________
_____________________________________
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Kopierrechte (gedruckt und digital)
für alle eigenen Schüler bei Erwerb Privatlizenz, für
Verlag für digitale Unterrichtsvorbereitung
alle Schüler und Lehrer der Schule bei Erwerb Schüler-Lehrer-Lizenz
Im Original veränderbare Word-Dateien
Which arguments were more convincing to you and why? Make a
cross in the relevant box and explain why you think so:
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
PROS CONS
Why
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
[
]
[
]
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
2
[
]
[
]
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
3
[
]
[
______________________________________________________
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
______________________________________________________
]
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
4
[
]
[
]
______________________________________________________
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
5
[
]
[
______________________________________________________
]
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
6
[
]
[
]
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
7
[
]
[
]
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Which of these arguments is, in your opinion, the most important one for or against the
restoration of capital punishment?
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Copyright www.park-koerner.de
Kopierrechte (gedruckt und digital)
für alle eigenen Schüler bei Erwerb Privatlizenz, für
Verlag für digitale Unterrichtsvorbereitung
alle Schüler und Lehrer der Schule bei Erwerb Schüler-Lehrer-Lizenz