Places and forms of power

PLACES AND FORMS OF POWER

I am going to talk about the notion “places and forms of power” through the theme of

the death penalty.

First of all I'd like to give a definition of the notion. The term “Places” denotes important

buildings or instituions. Power is the ability to control others

In order to illustrate this notion I will try to answer the question : In what ways can power

be abused?

I will base my presentation on two main points

on the one hand we will see figures presenting the death penalty in 2013 with the cons and

on the other hand a similar death penalty document in 2018 with the pros.

First, I will present the document « executions in 2013 » .

This document is a map of the United States with different colored states that represent

executions under the death penalty in 2013.

In this first document, only 9 states are concerned and in total about 40 executions took

place.

The death penalty has some disadvantages, for exemple :

For many activists, death penalty is costing more than keeping someone in jail for a long

time.

Many people were found guilty and killed by the death penalty when they were totally

innocent.

This form of power takes the lives of some men and suppresses the life of a father, a brother,

a child in family life.

This map shows that the death penalty is inked in the United States and this power is

characterized in large numbers in 2013.

Secondly, the map "executions in 2018" illustrate these pors because in this year less

executions have taken place and then the decisions are justified.

This map is the same as that of the first document, only the numbers are different.

In this document, 8 states are concerned for a total of 25 executions

On the other hand, the death penalty has advantages, for exemple:

For society, the death penalty is a fair representation of the values defended.

For the executions of the innocent, some leniency was granted through DNA tests.

We note then that 5 years after the number of executions under penalty of death has dropped

sharply since the figures in 2018 are about half of those in 2013 in the first document.

To conclude, Over the years, the death penalty can be considered a good means of

punishment.

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