Capital punishment or in other words death penalty is an extreme form of punishment to which criminals are sometimes sentenced. However, people have very varied views about the existence of this punishment. While some people believe it should not be used, others are in the favour of allowing it for the most serious crimes.
When a person is accused and found guilty of criminal charges, it impacts his reputation in the society. If we consider a criminal who is accused of committing a murder, this person would never be able to lead a normal life again. Let's say he was sentenced to spend a number of years in prison and then allowed to go out. Once he is free, people around him would constantly be scared, he wouldn't get jobs for living and he wouldn't have family or friends for his support. He would need to spend the rest of his life alone. Also, there is no way to guarantee that he would not repeat the offence. Doesn't capital punishment sound like the way out here?
Capital punishment may seem like a right choice, for the benefit of the societal peace and the criminal as well. But no one has the rights to take someone's life. The response to a murder should not be another murder. There are multiple reasons to account for not issuing a death penalty. Firstly, it is too easy for the offender who has killed a person as there is very little time of suffering. Secondly, the person who is executing the legalized killing would either enjoy it or suffer from the mental pain of taking a life. Either ways it is not a best option. Finally, the criminal does not get a chance to redeem himself.
There needs to other ways of punishing serious crimes. One of the methods would be to isolate the offendor, allow him to lead a simple life with only such basic amenities provided by the government, along with some sessions on rehabilitating oneself. This way the impacted person would understand the loss and pain while his life is not completely wasted either. In conclusion, I would suggest that capital punishment should not be allowed in any instances and better methods need to be researched and discovered to provide effective punishments to people who commit serious crimes.
Capital
punishment
or
in other words
death penalty is an extreme form of
punishment
to which
criminals
are
sometimes
sentenced.
However
,
people
have
very
varied views about the existence of this
punishment
. While
some
people
believe it should not be
used
, others are in the
favour
of allowing it for the most serious crimes.
When a
person
is accused
and found guilty of
criminal
charges, it impacts his reputation in the society. If we consider a
criminal
who
is accused
of committing a murder, this
person
would never be able to lead a normal
life
again.
Let
's say he
was sentenced
to spend a number of years in prison and then
allowed
to go out. Once he is free,
people
around him would
constantly
be scared
, he wouldn't
get
jobs for
living and
he wouldn't have family or friends for his support. He would need to spend the rest of his
life
alone.
Also
, there is no
way
to guarantee that he would not repeat the
offence
. Doesn't capital
punishment
sound like the
way
out here?
Capital
punishment
may seem like a right choice, for the benefit of the societal peace and the
criminal
as well
.
But
no one has the rights to take someone's
life
. The response to a murder should not be another murder. There are multiple reasons to account for not issuing a death penalty.
Firstly
, it is too easy for the offender
who
has killed a
person
as there is
very
little
time of suffering.
Secondly
, the
person
who
is executing the legalized killing would either enjoy it or suffer from the mental pain of taking a
life
. Either
ways
it is not
a
best option.
Finally
, the
criminal
does not
get
a chance to redeem himself.
There needs to other
ways
of punishing serious crimes. One of the methods would be to isolate the
offendor
,
allow
him to lead a simple
life
with
only
such basic amenities provided by the
government
, along with
some
sessions on rehabilitating oneself. This
way
the impacted
person
would understand the loss and pain while his
life
is not completely wasted either.
In conclusion
, I would suggest that capital
punishment
should not be
allowed
in any instances and better methods need to
be researched
and discovered to provide effective
punishments
to
people
who
commit serious crimes.