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the death penalty should be abolished

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Death Penalty Should Be Abolished

Death penalty for any inhumane and atrocious crime , such as taking lives of fellow human beings , has been suggested and is in practice in many places in the world . Debaters , human rights champions , hardliners and religious as well as social scholars have argued this for years now . Still there appears to be a divide among the people regarding the death penalty or capital punishment , with both the factions giving their own reasons . Disagreement over the

death penalty in the contemporary debate is often couched in terms of abolitionist ' and retentionist ' positions the former seek to abolish the death penalty , while the later seeks to retain it . I would start by first bringing in front the point of views and arguments by them (Owens n .d

One of the foremost and important arguments put forward by the people in favor of the capital punishment is that it proves to be a deterrent against crime . Since there would be no criminal , so there would be no chance of any such heinous crime in the future . They say they that such criminals should be made model for the future generations , putting fear of punishment in their heart , so as to stop them from daring to take criminal path . Supporting the argument

Statistics have shown that states who do not have the death penalty have a higher number of capital crimes (such as murder (Kennedy 1999

But the factions against this argue that any person bent upon taking someone 's life and plans for the murder usually convinces himself that he would not be caught . And what about the case of some unplanned murder under the extra-ordinary circumstances such as the murderer brutally enraged or emotionally bruised ? Certainly he will not be thinking about previous death penalties he has heard about . So there isn 't as much effect of death penalties as suggested

The other advantage being stated by the pro-death penalty speakers is that it brings the criminal to justice for the act of crime as brutal as taking someone 's life . It also pacifies the grieved family and friends of the victim . They can have the solace that the heartless murderer has got to the punishment as brutal as the crime he committed . But the faction against the death penalty takes an absolutely different view They say that it should only be left to God to impart justice and to decide who is guilty and who is innocent . They think that human beings don 't have the right to pass the judgment about morality and justice For them the person issuing a death penalty is as much a murderer as the person who actually committed one

The final argument by the pros sounds a bit materialistic . They say that if we convert the capital punishment to the life imprisonment , then these people become a burden to the economy of the country , resulting in invaluable taxes by the...

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