Should we abolish the Death Penalty?
Most people hold dichotomised views on death penalty. Some argue that isn’t taking a life for a life a crime itself? Shouldn’t they be given a chance to turn over a new leaf? Can’t we learn to forgive and forget?
Death Penalty is capital punishment which is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences.
In my opinion, I do not conform to death penalty as it does not deter criminals more than life imprisonment and violates human rights. The Human Right activists view the death penalty as a violation of the human right to live. They consider it to be an inhuman act. According to Amnesty International, the system of the death penalty is still prevalent in 68 countries worldwide, although 129 countries have already abolished it. According to the data 2,148 people were executed last year in 22 countries, of which 1,770 were in China alone. After China Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United States topped the list.
It is undeniable that death penalty will help to deter crime, however it is only to a certain extent. Under this theory, someone who contemplates murder will be deterred because he knows that if he is convicted he can be sentenced to death. However this only applies to premeditated murders and requires a certain level of rationality and intelligent planning. In reality, deterrent effect is cancelled if the criminal can convince himself (as he typically does) that he will not be caught or convicted. And unpremeditated murder, often committed in an extreme of emotional arousal, would not likely be deterred at all.
Death penalty should be abolished as it leads to executions of some who are wrongfully convicted. For example, China is highly criticized as the country where the most people are sentenced to the death penalty without proper investigation. According to reports in China, in many cases people given the death penalty were later found to be innocent.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure forcrime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty-- Henry Ford
In conclusion, I strongly advocate the abolition of the death penalty.
Death Penalty is capital punishment which is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences.
In my opinion, I do not conform to death penalty as it does not deter criminals more than life imprisonment and violates human rights. The Human Right activists view the death penalty as a violation of the human right to live. They consider it to be an inhuman act. According to Amnesty International, the system of the death penalty is still prevalent in 68 countries worldwide, although 129 countries have already abolished it. According to the data 2,148 people were executed last year in 22 countries, of which 1,770 were in China alone. After China Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United States topped the list.
It is undeniable that death penalty will help to deter crime, however it is only to a certain extent. Under this theory, someone who contemplates murder will be deterred because he knows that if he is convicted he can be sentenced to death. However this only applies to premeditated murders and requires a certain level of rationality and intelligent planning. In reality, deterrent effect is cancelled if the criminal can convince himself (as he typically does) that he will not be caught or convicted. And unpremeditated murder, often committed in an extreme of emotional arousal, would not likely be deterred at all.
Death penalty should be abolished as it leads to executions of some who are wrongfully convicted. For example, China is highly criticized as the country where the most people are sentenced to the death penalty without proper investigation. According to reports in China, in many cases people given the death penalty were later found to be innocent.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure forcrime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty-- Henry Ford
In conclusion, I strongly advocate the abolition of the death penalty.
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