Some people believe that the death penalty is wrong. The death penalty is just that; a penalty. Its intention is to present an example to others, to show them 'not to commit crimes, or this may happen to you. But in still in some countries to stop the heinous crimes, death penalty may add something more. People fear nothing more than death. Therefore, nothing will deter a criminal more than the fear of death and life in prison is less feared.
Deserved punishment protects society morally by restoring this just order, making the wrongdoer pay a price equivalent to the harm he has done. This is retribution, not to be confused with revenge, which is guided by a different motive. One of the main principals of punishment and the judicial system is that the penalty fits the crime. If someone violently murders another individual or numerous people, then it makes sense for the punishment to be death.
Some anti-death penalty campaigners describe examples of people on death row, or people have already been killed have then been proved innocent. Today, the accuracy of modern forensics and DNA testing makes it very unlikely for an innocent person to be put on death row.
Furthering this point, it is argued that the number of innocent people that may be killed is equalised by the number of actual criminals that are set free. Putting people in prison, as opposed to executing them gives them a chance of parole, meaning they can commit more crimes. Capital punishment means there is no chance of the criminal committing another crime.
So ,it is still regarded as a necessity as for eg: Use of capital punishment is growing in India in the s due to both a growth in right wing politics and due to anger over several recent brutal cases of rape While support for the death penalty for murder is still high in China.
Numerous studies published over the past few years, using panel data sets and sophisticated social science techniques, are demonstrating that the death penalty saves lives. Americans support capital punishment for two good reasons. First, there is little evidence to suggest that minorities are treated unfairly. Second, capital punishment produces a strong deterrent effect that saves lives.
Not surprisingly, there's a political divide, too: 71 percent of Republicans support the death penalty, while only 47 percent of Democrats do in America. While Saudi Arabia, Western-based organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned both the Saudi criminal justice system and its severe punishments.
However, most Saudis reportedly support the death penalty system and say that it maintains a low crime rate. The use of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia or Islamic law and is prominent internationally because of the wide range of crimes which can result in the death penalty and because it is usually carried out by public beheading.
Murderers are not innocent people fighting for their lives; that statement describes their victims. People will fear think once before doing the crime that they have to be give their life if they take others.
After all, imagine if we threatened execution for all crimes, including minor traffic violations, theft, and tax fraud. Doing so would surely slash the crime rate, yet most people would judge it to be wrong. Deterrence theorists tend to defend some upper limit on the harshness of punishment — and it may be that death simply goes beyond what the government is ever permitted to threaten. But the basic idea is that punishment should make the wrongdoer understand what he or she has done wrong and inspire her to repent and reform.
Whatever version of this view one supports, its implication for the death penalty is reasonably clear. What is the point of a criminal reforming herself as she prepares for the execution chamber? To be sure, many people try to mix and match different elements of these three broad views, though such mixed theories tend to be unhelpfully ad hoc and can offer conflicting guidance.
Then, and only then, can we proceed to think about the justice or lack thereof of governments who kill their citizens. This article is part of a series on capital punishment that The Conversation is publishing. Click here to read more. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. I am a Conservative and a Monarchist, and believe in the role of the Commonwealth as a tool for good. Opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Commonwealth Youth Programme.
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