Death Sentence
The death sentence is a sentence issued to effect the killing of a person as punishment for crimes, which is called the death penalty. The death penalty or capital punishment is an act of the government in which a person is executed to punish them for a crime after a law court finds them guilty of the charges brought against them. Many crimes could lead to a death penalty. Offenses such as murder, espionage, treason, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing such as genocides are all punishable by death penalty. According to Wikipedia, 56 countries still carry out capital punishment, 103 countries have completely abolished it from their laws, and 30 countries maintain an abolitionist stance, while six countries have removed it for regular crimes but still retain it for situations such as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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For some rights groups such as the Amnesty International which has been fighting against capital punishment since 1977, the death penalty is an inhuman, degrading, and cruel practice. Many opponents of the practice argue that death penalty does not deter others from committing crime, as available crime statistics show that executing criminals has no significant effect on the rate of serious crimes. There have been calls from some human rights activists that most people on death row are the poor and downtrodden in the society who can’t afford good lawyers who can give them a fighting chance in court. Some activists against death penalty say that the practice is biased as it affects more offenders from minorities, and in fact, researchers have been able to prove this biase against black American offenders in cases where the defendant was white. Others feel that the practice is the worse violation of the human right, as it denies the victim the right to
The death sentence is a sentence issued to effect the killing of a person as punishment for crimes, which is called the death penalty. The death penalty or capital punishment is an act of the government in which a person is executed to punish them for a crime after a law court finds them guilty of the charges brought against them. Many crimes could lead to a death penalty. Offenses such as murder, espionage, treason, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing such as genocides are all punishable by death penalty. According to Wikipedia, 56 countries still carry out capital punishment, 103 countries have completely abolished it from their laws, and 30 countries maintain an abolitionist stance, while six countries have removed it for regular crimes but still retain it for situations such as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The death penalty is a source of global …show more content…
For some rights groups such as the Amnesty International which has been fighting against capital punishment since 1977, the death penalty is an inhuman, degrading, and cruel practice. Many opponents of the practice argue that death penalty does not deter others from committing crime, as available crime statistics show that executing criminals has no significant effect on the rate of serious crimes. There have been calls from some human rights activists that most people on death row are the poor and downtrodden in the society who can’t afford good lawyers who can give them a fighting chance in court. Some activists against death penalty say that the practice is biased as it affects more offenders from minorities, and in fact, researchers have been able to prove this biase against black American offenders in cases where the defendant was white. Others feel that the practice is the worse violation of the human right, as it denies the victim the right to