Death penalty and torture: metamorphosis of perception
The article analyzes the human perception of the concepts of “death penalty” and “torture” at the present stage and in the context of the historical development of the Russian Federation and foreign states, substantiates the metamorphoses that have occurred in society in relation to these two legal institutions. The author concludes that the inhabitants of medieval cities and modern citizens had different attitudes towards torture and the death penalty, which followed from the peculiarities of the legislative regulation of their purpose as well as the specifics of execution and application.