Chessman's case attracted worldwide attention, and as a result he became a cause célèbre for the movement to ban capital punishment.

Instead of banning corporal punishment outright, however, it sought merely to give effect to the Court's ruling.

If the condemned could only be burned at the stake, our judicial system would ban capital punishment in a day.

Later, the law was amended in much of the country to completely ban capital punishment.

It bans arbitrary punishment and recognises the principles of international law.

Until this year, Florida law prohibited local school boards from banning corporal punishment.

In Brazil, a law banning corporal punishment is being considered.

Most states did not ban corporal punishment until the late 1980's, after parents, educators, and other advocates began pressing for the laws.

The Netherlands has banned capital punishment during peace time and war time.

Individual US states have the power to ban corporal punishment in their schools.