Capital Punishment V. Human Rights
Does the society need capital punishment to punish its convicts or are we taking away the lives of convicts who have every right to live on this earth.
‘‘I think life is sacred whether it is abortion or death penalty’’- Tim Kaine
Death penalty or capital punishment is a legal process wherein a person is put to death by a state in accordance to a crime committed. The word ‘capital’ comes from the Latin word ‘capitalis’ (of the head). Crimes that result in death penalty are known as ‘capital offences’ or ‘capital crimes’.
Capital punishment has been used over the years by almost every society in order to punish the guilty for some particular crimes such as punishment for premeditated murder, espionage, treason, or as part of military justice. In some countries sexual crimes such as rape, adultery and sodomy carry the death penalty, so does religious crimes such as apostasy (the formal …show more content…
Do criminals who commit a heinous crime such as murder lose the right to live on this earth? Are innocent convicts being executed? Does death penalty take away the right for future appeal that would have been filed by the convict? What is the remedy to wrong executions? Does death penalty to a convict provide proper remedy to the family that has lost its member and gone through the horror and pain of losing its loved one? These are just the few questions that are being debated across the world in every society over the legality or legitimacy of death penalty whether it must exist or be eradicated.
Crime rates have not decreased in spite of death penalty or capital punishment in India or any other country with such practices. The death rate in India per 1000 people was reported at 8.04% in 2010 where half of it were criminal homicide, the inclusion of death penalty hasn’t provided any Midas touch to bring down the death
Does the society need capital punishment to punish its convicts or are we taking away the lives of convicts who have every right to live on this earth.
‘‘I think life is sacred whether it is abortion or death penalty’’- Tim Kaine
Death penalty or capital punishment is a legal process wherein a person is put to death by a state in accordance to a crime committed. The word ‘capital’ comes from the Latin word ‘capitalis’ (of the head). Crimes that result in death penalty are known as ‘capital offences’ or ‘capital crimes’.
Capital punishment has been used over the years by almost every society in order to punish the guilty for some particular crimes such as punishment for premeditated murder, espionage, treason, or as part of military justice. In some countries sexual crimes such as rape, adultery and sodomy carry the death penalty, so does religious crimes such as apostasy (the formal …show more content…
Do criminals who commit a heinous crime such as murder lose the right to live on this earth? Are innocent convicts being executed? Does death penalty take away the right for future appeal that would have been filed by the convict? What is the remedy to wrong executions? Does death penalty to a convict provide proper remedy to the family that has lost its member and gone through the horror and pain of losing its loved one? These are just the few questions that are being debated across the world in every society over the legality or legitimacy of death penalty whether it must exist or be eradicated.
Crime rates have not decreased in spite of death penalty or capital punishment in India or any other country with such practices. The death rate in India per 1000 people was reported at 8.04% in 2010 where half of it were criminal homicide, the inclusion of death penalty hasn’t provided any Midas touch to bring down the death