Death Penalty
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In ancient times, the death penalty was used as the severe punishment if a person disobeyed the laws of their society. The French Revolution is a great example, with thousands of people who were against King Louis’s reign were executed on the Guillotine at Place de la Concord. The death penalty, also known as capital punishment is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner for a serious crime. The court, which administers the law enacted by parliament, will, after conviction of a criminal who has done serious offence, sentence him to be killed. The death penalty satisfies the biblical principle of "An eye for an eye", and is as close to justice for murder victims as society can get.
As Stated above, death penalty is generally ordered where the crime is a serious offence such as murder. The courts have generally seen their task of fitting the punishment to the crime perpetrated. Thus the sentence should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the victims and citizen. Sentencing should not only be appropriate but should deter the wrong doer from repeating the offence. As a matter of fact it should serve as a deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, restitution, incapacitation and denunciation.
Crime has become so prevalent in our society that people are no crippled with fear. Fear of being robbed, raped and murdered. In societies that have abolished the death penalty, prison cells are over crowded and many of them are repeat offenders who, despite their incarceration, are still actively involved in orchestrating criminal offences. It therefore means that imprisonment is not as effective as it ought to be. If many of these offenders were given death penalty then the number of crimes recorded would be less. The aim of any government is to ensure that the citizens are safe and if they live in constant fear then it means that the government has not achieved its objective, at least one. In addition to this, it is taxpayers' money that is...
In ancient times, the death penalty was used as the severe punishment if a person disobeyed the laws of their society. The French Revolution is a great example, with thousands of people who were against King Louis’s reign were executed on the Guillotine at Place de la Concord. The death penalty, also known as capital punishment is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner for a serious crime. The court, which administers the law enacted by parliament, will, after conviction of a criminal who has done serious offence, sentence him to be killed. The death penalty satisfies the biblical principle of "An eye for an eye", and is as close to justice for murder victims as society can get.
As Stated above, death penalty is generally ordered where the crime is a serious offence such as murder. The courts have generally seen their task of fitting the punishment to the crime perpetrated. Thus the sentence should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the victims and citizen. Sentencing should not only be appropriate but should deter the wrong doer from repeating the offence. As a matter of fact it should serve as a deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, restitution, incapacitation and denunciation.
Crime has become so prevalent in our society that people are no crippled with fear. Fear of being robbed, raped and murdered. In societies that have abolished the death penalty, prison cells are over crowded and many of them are repeat offenders who, despite their incarceration, are still actively involved in orchestrating criminal offences. It therefore means that imprisonment is not as effective as it ought to be. If many of these offenders were given death penalty then the number of crimes recorded would be less. The aim of any government is to ensure that the citizens are safe and if they live in constant fear then it means that the government has not achieved its objective, at least one. In addition to this, it is taxpayers' money that is...