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Capital Punishment in Egypt

Capital Punishment in Egypt. Dina Lamey dlamey@aucegypt.edu. Top-ranking crimes punishable by death. Treason Espionage Drug trafficking. Crimes punishable by death. Aggravated murder e.g. premeditated/deliberate killing by poisoning Simple murder Other offences resulting in death

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Capital Punishment in Egypt

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  1. Capital Punishment in Egypt Dina Lamey dlamey@aucegypt.edu

  2. Top-ranking crimes punishable by death • Treason • Espionage • Drug trafficking

  3. Crimes punishable by death • Aggravated murder e.g. premeditated/deliberate killing by poisoning • Simple murder • Other offences resulting in death e.g. arson, gang robbery and terrorism

  4. Offences resulting in death 1. Using violence to cause harm, terror, ecological disaster, or other social disruption is punishable by death if the act involves death 2. Perjury: lying under oath causing the execution of an innocent person

  5. Types of killing • Manslaughter: unintentional 2. Homicide: a) premeditated b) non-premeditated

  6. Premeditated or not? • Intent to kill (by using deadly weapons) • Intent to inflict bodily harm on victim • Reckless indifference to life • Intent to commit a dangerous felony (act involves dangerous felony, e.g. arson, rape..)

  7. Look at these examples • Bob plans to kill Alice. Bob shoots Alice. Alice dies. • Bob plans to kill Charlie. Bob shoots at Charlie, Charlie ducks, Alice is shot instead. Alice dies. • Bob fires a pistol into a crowd of people. Alice is hit. Alice dies. 

  8. Other crimes punishable by death • Rape of an adult not resulting in death • Rape of child not resulting in death • Drug trafficking not resulting in death • Drug possession • Military offences such as desertion, looting, insubordination, dereliction of duty

  9. Does the country have a mandatory death penalty? • No. Under the Penal Code, “if the conditions of the crime…necessitate the judge’s lenity, the penalty may be changed…” from capital punishment to life imprisonment.

  10. Offenders excluded from CP • Individuals under the age of 18 • Pregnant women • Mentally ill individuals

  11. sources http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=Egypt http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreeDegreesOfMurder

  12. Questions to ponder • What context does this reading provide for the Willingham case? • What information do we have about human fallibility in legal decision-making? • Using narrative and personal experience to make an argument, how does the argument work? • Why do we believe some people more than others?

  13. Questions

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