Capital Punishment: A continuous Debate

Abstract

The debate of whether we should or should not reintroduce the death penalty for murder has been going on for 50 years. Whether to retain or to abolish the sentence of capital punishment has been a universal subject of endless debate, countless studies, several researches and plenty of experiments but no conclusion has been reached yet which can socially, morally and legally be accepted. Almost all states have two groups –one who supports the retention of capital punishment and other who argues to abolish it.  Many are for its reintroduction while others are not. But mainly it depends on the country and their circumstances. Today United Nation Organization is also agreeing that the capital punishment should be banned, because it is against the morality as well as the legality. Now in this paper we will examine that the capital punishment should be given but only in rarest of rare cases.

Keywords:Rape, Lethal Injection, Hanging, Rare cases, Offences, Deterrent, Habitual Criminal