every crime has a corresponding penalty, graver the crime it would attract greater degree of punishment.as per the deterrent theory of punishment death penalty would instil fear in the minds of potential wrongdoers and miscreants. In primitive times administration of justice was based on 'eye' for an 'eye' rule and retribution was the paramount objective of punishment.culprits were executed and pilloried in public.
over a period of time as civilisation evolved, more humane approach to punishment was adopted and 'reformative' approach was gaining momentum.reformative theory of punishment accentuates a need for correction and reform and postulates transforming a transgressor of law than condemning him permanently.
the argument that capital punishment is inhumane in a civil society doesn't hold water as crimes of horrific nature deserve equally harsh punishment and all humans are not amenable to reform some criminals are hardended and incorrigible they need to be executed as they can be cancerous. However there can be judicial errors in sentencing a person to death which can be irreparable and irreversible so it must be done with due diligence.
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i agree with his view but diligence is hardly maintained by any law.
so i m 100% against capital punishment.
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