Capital Punishment

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Pros of Capital Punishment

Capital punishment according to Phil .B, (2006), refers to a death penalty by the government of a country to a person who is found guilty of serious crimes like homicide, rape among others. Capital punishment has been a way of punishing people for many years. It has been prevalent in the United States, Asia and Middle Eastern countries. During the past two centuries many reforms on capital punishment have been made and it has been abolished in some states and countries. Executions, beheading, hanging, electrocution and lethal injection are some of the ways in which capital punishment is administered in different countries. Life imprisonment without parole has also been widely used and considered instead of death penalty.

According to Naik , (2010), different people, nations and religions have different opinions regarding capital punishment. There are people who support it while there are others who regard it as inhumane and as an immoral act that is against the values of humanity. The debate on the issue of capital punishment (death penalty) goes on as it is hard to have all people agree on whether it is ethical and justifiable or not. People who support capital punishment have regarded it as a way of deterring crime while those against it say that it just lowers the morals of a government but does not deter crime.

One of the purposes of governments is to ensure democracy and justice in a country. Capital punishment offers an appropriate punishment to those who commit murder. To be fair and just the punishment of a crime should equal the crime that is “an eye for an eye” justice. Surely, there would be no other punishment other than death for a murderer. According to Naik, (2010), capital punishmen...

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...l way to ensure that is achieved. It is a way of retribution by those who have been mandated to ensure justice since the offended can not defend himself. It remains as the only way to avenge for the crimes on behalf of the victims.

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