Capital Punishment

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Capital Punishment

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Capital punishment , also referred to as death penalty is an issue that elicits mixed reactions and when the is viewed from the magnitude of public fury it propagates and its controversial nature is theless out of question . It has taken place since time immemorial to criminals in virtually all societies except from a few that have had firm religious believes against such inhumane behaviors . Crimes like murder automatically led an execution sentence . It was seen as

a sure way to payback for the crime committed and it brought peace to the societies knowing that the criminals would never repeat the same crimes (Pojman br

. Louis , R , H . 1998 . The most common methods of execution used were hanging and shooting . Countries like the U .S . used and still use electrocution , gas chambers and lethal injections to dispose of the convicted . They have however tried to minimize the pain of execution by introducing the electric chair . In some parts of the world , more pain is deliberately inflicted on the condemned . All this is not justified under any circumstances . It is morally wrong , cruel and inhumane way of taking away of human life which basically makes it murder

The laws however have ruled it as a sure way to punish major offenders and law breakers . This on the contrary as perceived by many is not a clear and just way of dealing with criminals no matter how bad the crime may...