Attitudes to the treatment of criminals and Death Penalty

Cards (6)

  • corporal punishment: punishment of an offender by causing them physical pain - now illegal in the UK
  • Forgiveness: Showing mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong
  • death penalty: Capital punishment; form of punishment in which a prisoner is put to death for crimes committed
  • Karma
    moral action and reaction
  • Maya
    illusion
  • Artha: One of the four aims of human life; earning a lawful living.