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The Bloody Code, or in other words, 250 reasons why you could be hanged, echoes a time of shame for England. It was a time that capital punishment was a common consequence for what most people today see as minor crimes. Have you ever stolen a spoon? In Victorian England, for that offense, you’d die. Have you ever ruined a fish pond? Well, in 19th century Brittan, you would be hanged if you were caught. For a time with such drastic consequences, crime was not deterred as much as one might hope. Today, though, we have a community located by southern Malaysia. This city-state can be named the successful version of what Victorian England attempted to become, a utopian society devoid of crime. Both longed for a location that criminals could not run amuck, but in return for these two places striving for perfection, we find two very different, but yet eerily similar, locations that hold, at the very least, one common ground, above average capital punishment rates.
Capital Punishment, commonly known as the death penalty, is not a new sentence, but instead dates back to times as early as the Ancient Hebrews. The Bible accounts some of this history, more commonly in the Old Testament. It tells the stories of many stonings, hangings and crucifixions. Siam, now modern day Thailand, took a different approach to the normal hangings. They instead threw their convicts into a pit of starving crocodiles. During the Middle Ages, though, the death penalty got a little bit closer to what we commonly hear about. “Criminals” in France and Germany were boiled in oil, then had their bones broken one by one with lastly, their skin being stripped…alive. (14) As time progressed the different forms of execution dwindled down to the more ethical versions we have today, hangings, lethal injection, electrocution and so on. Today only 74 countries continue this act, some of these being the United States, China, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. (Stearman 6)
This entire presentation boils down to more than just Victorian England and the Bloody Code. Through out this presentation we will see the evolving question; is capital punishment just and does it really help societies? When instituted correctly, we find the answer to this question being a resounding yes.
Capital Punishment systems are comparable to an intricate piece of machinery. It is extremely good and helpful, but if one piece is even slightly out of line, you have one big mess that will not work. It thus, in turn, will destroy itself and the surrounding spectators. This is where the Bloody Code failed. Theoretically the leaders of Victorian England had a workable concept, but when applied they had glitches, consequently bringing the death penalty in England to its downfall.
There is one major reason why capital punishment as harsh as the bloody code could not work in the Victorian Era of England, lack of technology.
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