Is the punishment of death a real solution to the society? Should it be abolished?

Question

Many criminals are given death punishment because we think that it would create a fear in other criminals who think of committing such crimes. But we come to know that the same crime is repeated.......So what should be the real solution???

Answer 1

As a nation, we should abolish the death penalty, simply because it is barbaric in nature, and does not do any good to any body.

True, we feel enraged at certain things that happen around us, and think, that eliminating the person who did a serious wrong, will allow the rest of us live in peace. But that is not true.

Every young generation boy or girl feels very nervous and appalled, on the thought of State putting someone to death.
Death penalty affects the young generation's psyche. And more so when they are not entirely convinced about the manner in which the trial has taken place.

Today how many persons are on the death row, and what will happen to this country's psyche, when one by one they are hanged? Will it help India?

I remember the agony my children and their friends were in, when the last hanging of Dhananjay Chatterji was announced, and took place subsequently. Every child at that time feels that he has a noose on him!

India is a place of saints, and these barbaric acts(State taking the life of a human being) should not be performed here. We should have compassion for our enemy, who may even be from Pakistan, when the question of taking away life of somebody is concerned.

So, no more hangings in India. We are ready to face the fall out and consequences of enacting this law. Let the Parliament do it.

Honourable President of India, please note.

Answer 2

Its not just to create fear in the mind of the criminals. At times the crimes are way beyond the scope of the limits of humanity. These crimes are such that they can never be forgiven. Even for the sake of justice these crimes need a punishment that justifies the extremities of the crimes. We just cant abolish death sentences , even if thats wrong.....because there are some crimes that are unforgivable. And at this moment......rare crimes are emerging very quickly. My point is......it might be right to abolish death sentences, thinking about the right to live, but it will never be justified by logical thinking.

Answer 3

The problem is that it takes so long for someone to be put to death. It takes about 10 years by the time all the appeals have been made and reviewed. The solution is to speed up the process and have more people being put to death in a much shorter time.

Answer 4

Many reasons: - errors take place. in view that 1973 in the U.S., 138 human beings have been released from death row via fact they have been exonerated by ability of DNA and different new info (DNA isn't obtainable in maximum homicide situations). those are all people who have been got here upon responsible "previous a actual looking doubt." A existence sentence is reversible. An execution isn't. - fee - via criminal equipment designed to shrink wrongful executions (and the huge rate of death row incarceration), it expenses taxpayers lots extra to execute somebody than to imprison them for existence. - that's not a deterrent - violent crime expenses are continuously larger in death penalty jurisdictions. - that's erratically and arbitrarily utilized. - via fact the U.S. is between the final ultimate international locations with capital punishment, many different international places refuse to extradite time-honored criminals who could be status trial right here. - It fosters a fashion of existence of violence by ability of asserting that killing is a suitable answer to a difficulty. - Jesus became into against it (see Matthew 5:7 & 5:38-39, James 4:12, Romans 12:17-21, John 8:7, and James a million:20). - existence without parole (LWOP) is on the books in maximum states now (all different than Alaska), and it ability what it says. people who get this sentence are taken off the streets. For good. - As Voltaire as quickly as wrote, "enable the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged guy is sweet for not something; a guy condemned to public works nevertheless serves the country, and is a residing lesson." - no rely in case you’re a hardened criminal or a central authority representing the human beings, killing yet another individual is erroneous. era. “He did it first” isn't a valid excuse.

Answer 5

No, the death penalty is failed, flawed and inhumane,

Note, The reason why I don't agree with the death penalty is simple enough,

I don't get to execute it,

as a law abiding citizen, if a crime is committed against me, i should have a say in the punishment, that being the case the death penalty would be fine, as long as the it was personally executable

Answer 6

I think it should be abolished. The death penalty is not a deterrent for people who commit crimes.

Evil people commit murder. I am sure when they pull the trigger, strangle, stab or by whatever means kill another human being, they are not thinking 'maybe i shouldn't do this because i might get the death penalty'.

Answer 7

Indeed that is the best solution. In Middle east, it is used regularly. It is also used in many developing nations like South Korea. But what is strange in India, death penalty is only for common people. See that way parliament attackers or Bombai blast murderers got away from death penalty.

Answer 8

Most of these people cannot be rehabilitated and cause problems behind bars as well. They will still fight and kill even though they are locked up. Killing them makes no difference becase these people do not care about life anyway. There are little cells in prisons were inmates have nothing but a bed and a toilet and a sink. No window, no mail, and no outside time. Sentence these people there, and they will suffer for an eternity.

Answer 9

Public executions were a deterrent 150 years ago. In modern times, we handle the death sentence with more discretion.

Is 'an eye for an eye' an acceptable code of ethics for our society? Or are we more evolved than the creator of this philosophy?

Answer 10

The death penalty should not be absolished. So many of these killers cannot be rehabbed (serial killers for instance), they are in effect useless to society. Why have them take up space for the remainder of their lives sitting behind bars? Actually, for most of these people, the death penalty is perhaps too humane for them. I'm going to guess that they weren't very humane with their victims.