death penalty in Russia - particularly serious form of punishment.In the days of ancient Russia, and later throughout the history of the Russian Empire punitive measures were characterized by cruelty, and was the foundation of their heavy capital punishment.
Death Penalty in Ancient Russia could arise and how to legislate or vendetta, or due to the influence of Byzantium.It is worth noting that the first official set of laws of ancient Russia "Russian Truth" is not fixed the death penalty, but the brief version of this document establishes the right of blood vengeance.Whether the death penalty at the time?Of course, I need.It was a time of lawlessness in terms of law, this was not a single state without universal rights, so all the regulated community standards of justice.By the way, blood feud banned Truth Yaroslav.
But in the 14th century Dvinskaya Charters of reintroduced the death penalty for this type of crime is theft, but only if it is made in the third time, but the killing did not provide for such a cruel punishment.About a hundred years later Pskov charter adds to the list of crimes of embezzlement of church and state treason.Sudebnik Ivan the Great had introduced the death penalty for the murder of persons such as "my lord" and other top officials, as the death penalty in Russia, imposed for defamation and various religious offenses.
following general set of laws was adopted by the Russian Ivan the Terrible.This document is also not spared characterization of the death penalty and has determined that the death penalty - the most popular form of punishment.It is worth noting that sudebnik Ivan made public the death penalty, that is in the open, plus everything she had to be accompanied by torture.
In the 18th century, this punishment was in its heyday because it increased the list of crimes for which the prescribed penalty.Not surprisingly, the peak of the death penalty came in the reign of Peter 1. But his daughter was temporarily replaced the death penalty on the link to hard labor.Major crimes were considered only in the Senate, who passes sentence.One of the most famous of the death penalty is a sentence Emelyan Pugachev and his companions.He was executed in front of everybody with the help of quartering.It is worth noting that to be quartered were sentenced Nikolai 1 and the uprising at Senate Square - the Decembrists, but this cruel method replaced the gallows.
Whether the death penalty in Russia today?Opinions on this matter differ.Some believe that for certain crimes the death penalty is a must.Among the supporters: the Liberal Democratic Party, Interior Minister Kolokoltsov and the Communist Party.But opponents of this form of punishment as follows: Vladimir Putin, the party A Just Russia and Dmitry Medvedev.
death penalty in Russia today is not applicable.It imposed a moratorium.However, the history of our country shows how hard and how rulers were literate was the law - it was the same for all and sentenced to death by the peasants and nobles.
