Morality and Matters of Justice in Capital Punishment

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• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9783389097519
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Criminal Procedure
• Index: Law

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2022 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: 1-4, course: Morality and Matters of Justice in Capital Punishment, language: English, abstract: The death sentence has always generated controversy and debate. Even for the most horrific offenses, the dilemma of whether the death penalty is morally justifiable is of the utmost importance (Sarat et al., 2017). This topic has been the subject of debate and inquiry for eons. Every contentious issue has two opposing viewpoints, so you can either support or oppose it. False allegations and wrongful convictions are among the most compelling reasons to oppose or be against the capital punishment. A second claim is that people will continue to commit crimes for which others have been executed, notwithstanding the existence of the death sentence. In the criminal's mentality, the crime is committed without consideration of being apprehended or fear of the death penalty (Li et al., 2017). Those who advocate for the death penalty are on the opposing side. They argue that the execution of a murderer deters others from committing the same crime since the deterrent impact of the death penalty. From another perspective, a prison is simply a jail. In order to keep them off the streets and out of harm's way, a person who commits the horrible crimes of rape or murder is often sentenced to a predetermined period or life in prison (McCann et al., 2008). Although capital punishment has raised mixed reactions, it has helped the criminal justice to promote justice in many ways.