For the same reason it is use today--to punish people for breaking the law. The Romans used what we would consider today less humane ways of capital punishment. The Romans lived in a more violent society and often used methods such as crucifixion as a way to control and influence people not to rebel or break the laws.
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∙ 2009-05-21 04:58:56Crucifixion has been used by several civilizations as a form of capital punishment. An exact number is hard to give based on the historical records. The Romans killed at least 10,000 in this way and probably many thousands more. It was used on enemies of the state as a humiliation.
The Romans used severe punishment (even death) to ensure good discipline.
The Puritan punishment for murder was capital punishment. While murder was divided into types, such as crimes of passion, it was always a capital offense.
Capital punishment.
Jesus was sentenced to crucifixion because his crimes, by Roman law, that made the punishment crucifixion . Crucifixion was a common form of punishment by the Romans. We look at it through modern eyes and see punishment that is truly awful, but death is still a punishment for crimes today only the method has changed.
what capital punishment are still being used today
Crucifixion was a Roman type of capital punishment for slaves, thieves and rebels who were not Romans.
the main reason that roman capital punishment was used was to deter people from comitting crimes. hope this helps.
Capital punishment has been used since before the beginning of recorded history. No one can say when it was first used.
Capital punishment or Death Penalty is a punishment which is awarded through a legal procedure as a punishment for a crime. There are different methods used for carrying out Capital Punishment. They include beheading, electric chair, gas chamber, hanging, lethal injection and Firing squad.
The death penalty.
If they can really prove that the suspect is indeed insane, the judge would not allow capital punishment to be used on them.
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Capital punishment was used in the United Kingdom from its creation in 1707 until it was abolished in Great Britain in 1969 and Northern Ireland in 1973. Before the UK existed, capital punishment had been used in the British Isles since forever.
Capital punishment remains an issue because some countries still use capital punishment.
10 countries where capital punishment is used includes USA, Egypt, Japan, China, Yemen, Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, India, and Israel.
Capital Punishment began to be used in Australia in the year 1629 with the niters of the Batavia. It was last used in 1967 during the hanging of Ronald Ryan in Victoria.