Is Death Penalty A Good Punishment?

Introduction: Is death penalty a good punishment? Execution is a type of punishment imposed by the state in which the one is put to death for the crime they are guilty of. The death sentence is pronounced on those crimes that are considered of state concern such as murder, terrorism, and other severe crimes. Although Capital punishment has widely been used in the past, recent developments have seen the developed countries abolish this kind of penalties. (Folke, 1942). Execution has been a concern in many countries and human rights activists are against this type of punishment. Different people have different opinions on the execution and the purpose of the study is to find out whether it is right for executions to be done or not.Some people …show more content…
It has also been realized that execution is not always passed on the top criminals. This is because all persons that have been suspected with top crimes, those who have good and experienced lawyers who can defend them well in a court of law, always get away with it. Those whose lawyers are not able to defend them well in the court of law, gets in for the punishment. There is also high possibility that most people punished by execution are not always guilty of the crime they are punished for. This is a loss that cannot be compensated, especially to the family members of the suspect executed (Luna, 2003). Human rights activists argue that death punishment denies a person their right to living which is natural right which the state should not tamper with. They argue that the state should tamper with the right to live with dignity which is a state granted right. Some peoples also argue that punishment by death does not give the criminals a chance to repent of their sins. It does not also allow them the opportunity to improve on their behavior and become better and useful persons in the specific nations they come from (Engblom,