onse of supporters felt it necessary for the safety of fellow citizens and the second response was they wanted to remove some of the visibly gruesome aspects of the executions. This lead to executions being held behind closed doors to make them less public. It seems the long-term trend in nations of Western Europe and North and South America has been to reduce the number of capital crimes and to execute fewer criminals. So far most Industrial Nations are doing just that. They have been trying to stop executing prisoners and instead have substituted long terms of imprisonment as the most severe of all criminal
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