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Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment. Andy Park. Oh Won Chun (Wu Yuan Chun in Chinese). Real Life Situation. Capital Punishment in Korea. Last Death Sentence: December 30, 1997, right before President Kim Dae Joong came to power. Despite 58 criminals sentenced to death, 0 execution conducted.

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Capital Punishment

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  1. Capital Punishment Andy Park

  2. Oh Won Chun (Wu Yuan Chun in Chinese) Real Life Situation

  3. Capital Punishment in Korea • Last Death Sentence: December 30, 1997, right before President Kim DaeJoong came to power. • Despite 58 criminals sentenced to death, 0 execution conducted. • An abolitionist country in practice. Real Life Situation

  4. RLS - Global Death Sentence

  5. Despite the same legislation, Over 4,000 executions vs None RLS - China and South Korea

  6. What is it that made this contradiction although the two countries have the same legislation?

  7. To what extent can capital punishment be justified? Knowledge Issue

  8. Definition of Capital Punishment Capital Punishment is the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. WOK-Language

  9. Punishment: The infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense. • Retribution: Punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved. WOK-Language

  10. My definition of Capital Punishment • The legally authorized, morally right and fully deserved killing of a condemned criminal. WOK-Language

  11. According to the definition, capital punishment is justified when it is: • Legally Authorized • Morally Right • Fully Deserved WOK-Language

  12. WOK-Language

  13. Legally Authorized • Morally Right • Fully Deserved WOK-Language

  14. According to the definition of capital punishment, a condemned criminal should be executed. WOK-Language&Reason

  15. Capital punishment is justified for the 57 criminals and Oh Won Choon. WOK-Language&Reason

  16. Then why hasn’t South Korea executed the 58 criminals?

  17. President during 1997-2002, Kim Dae Jung AOK-History

  18. President Chun Doo Hwan AOK-History

  19. President Kim Dae Jung’s Perspective WOK-Emotion

  20. Victim’s Relative’s Perspective “Please make him suffer as much as possible, or kill him.” WOK-Emotion

  21. Despair Hostility Victim’s Relative Oh Won Choon Hatred Perspective Toward Him Hostility Hatred Sadness

  22. Criminal’s Perspective • Psychopath: Won Choon saw the woman no more than an animal. • Still does not realize why he is in the prison. WOK-Emotion

  23. My PerspectiveAs A South Korean Concerned about security of some of my family becauseof: • 20 of the 58 criminals now out in the society. • Possibility of releasing more murderers including Oh Won Choon. WOK-Emotion&Reasoning

  24. Utilitarianism Capital punishment is ethical, and therefore, justified because: • A sacrifice of criminals will bring a greater happiness. • Potential crimes that death sentenced criminals might produce will also be prevented. AOK-Ethics

  25. However, life of a criminal is as valuable as others’ lives. Making the most people happy is not always ethical.

  26. To what extent can capital punishment be justified? Knowledge Issue

  27. Answer to the Knowledge Issue will depend on which perspective people take.

  28. Capital Punishment is justified when: • The sentence is considered morally right and fully deserved by the court in the country. • The country must legally authorize capital punishment. • The condemned criminal is not a psychopath. Conclusion

  29. No experience of neither loss of a family member by a murderer nor the feeling of being a murderer. • Solely relies on secondary information. • A South Korean citizen Limitation

  30. The End

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