Death Penalty: Do We Need It?
Death Penalty: Do We Need It?
I saw this small corner article on online newspaper. It said that the State has yet planned to abolish death penalty. Interesting.
Let’s agree first on what death sentence is. I am referring to Wikipedia: “Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the State as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offenses.” Capital here means head. So, it means to lose one’s head. Nowadays, types of death penalty vary. But, the idea remains the same: to execute a convict.
Is that wise? Removing a soul out of a human being?
Let’s look at the fact that 87 countries and territories have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, however 11 countries apply death penalty only for exceptional crimes such as wartime crimes. Types of execution also vary: beheading, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection, shooting, stoning. Ouch!
Death penalty still applies in our country.
Do we need it? If one got caught stealing a hen, can he be subject to death penalty? I guess all countries will agree that the person should not be dead for what he has done. Okay, so what if there is a serial killer, killing bitches and all. Or there is a person who kills a member of family of others. Can they all be subject to death penalty?
The USA Amnesty has been crying out to abolish death penalty. Ironically, the country itself is still applying death penalty (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777460.html). We agree that everyone has the right to life. But, how about a convict person who has killed someone else? Can we agree that he has the right to life? If so, one can still live while he’s going frenzy killing everyone else in the world? Who has this bright idea?
Do we tolerate? And why? In some points, I guess death penalty can be useful. One, the convict is being released from his/ her obligation from the world. He has no obligation to take revenge to those who has put him/ her in prison. Second, the State prison, whose operational fund is being paid by innocent citizens -who, one of them, could be the victim of the convict- can save a lot of money from acommodating the prisoner, paying for his/ her food, etc.
I guess there is much more advantage to death penalty. Why bother keeping a sinner soul? Are human rights supposed to keep sinner’s life?
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-facts-eng
http://library.thinkquest.org/28172/ddandhr.htm
