Should the death penalty be abolished?
Death penalty is the ultimate punishment in countries where such a sentence is available.Nowadays the penalty,which has existed for nearly 2000 years in human history,has become a controversy.Should it be retained as deterrence,or should it be abandoned as brutality?Diversities occur:in a world where more than half of the countries have not carried out death sentence for a decade,more than 2000 prisoners are executed each year in other countries.However,after considering the benefits and defects of death penalty,governments should realize that the sentence should be abolished,as more civilized methods have already taken the role of death penalty.
Death penalty’s role as an ultimate prevention of crimes can be carried out by other punishments such as life sentence.Death penalty is a passive way of prevention; it subjects the prisoner to endless darkness where the prisoner is deprived of any chance of rehabilitation.On the other hand,through other sentences the prisoner may finally realize the brutality of the crime.Death sentences are extremely expensive to carry out,for example,a lethal injection costs well over 100,000 US dollars,and special facilities have to be set up for death by firing squad.
Death penalty exposes the flaws in the judicial system.There are many cases throughout the history that the innocence of civilians is proved after the execution.Death penalty cannot guarantee fairness as the judicial system may turn down a lawsuit even after the sentence is carried out.Other sentences such as life sentence allows for a complete reexamination of a case,giving chances for possible overrules.
Death penalty is the ultimate denial of human dignity and respect.Every person has the equal right to live and make mistakes.By issuing death sentences countries refuse to consider prisoners as human beings.Death penalty also stands against the basic idea among all nations that life should be cherished; it is an act of murder.
Death penalties should be abolished because it is outdated,defected and it denies basic human rights.Governments should realize the fact as the human beings are marching towards a more civilized society.