Capital Punishment should be Banned or Allowed?

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Prachi Lohariwal said:   10 years ago
Hi, according to me capital punishment should be banned because people who commit inhuman crimes like rapes and acid attacks should not directly be hanged but should be first tortured to such an extent that they realize what would that girl had feet when she had undergone such a treatment.

After this inhuman behaviour they should be left in a place where no one can meet them place where they can't even get the sunlight and rarely a square meal per day. As we all know that a executioner who gives one death without much fear is not as inhuman as one makes one die every minute and second.

In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands the prisoners are subjected to solitary confinement inside the cellular jails built specially built for that purpose and have no attachment to the outer world. Therefore to conclude I would like to say that capital punishment should be banned and criminals should realize their mistakes before taking their ultimate rest.
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Anshita said:   9 years ago
"An eye for an eye makes the world blind".

I am against capital punishment. Yes, it should be banned. How better are we from the ones who commit such crimes. Ironically it's like we murder someone who has murdered someone else just to show that murder is an offense. Learning from the past, how helpful had it been in reducing crime? Did imposing capital punishment reduce murder, rape or terrorist attack cases in our nation or collectively the world? No. Then why are we even practicing such laws which yield no result yet at a cost of one's life? As also, can saving funds of a nation and not wasting money on criminals be a just explanation to take a life? We as humans have no right to take a human life. There might be many other options to replace capital punishment with. We must look upon them and get over with avenging a life as it neither does any good to the family of the victim nor sets any example to reduce further crimes.
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Arvind said:   1 decade ago
I want to say that, fear is a things which make everyone follow the rule and regulation of any country. If one has done a crime and is subjected to capital punishment, then he has too pay for what he has done.

Excusing any person will in some way boost the crime. In modern era when people are more materialistic and are not interested in spiritual studies, are losing all sense of what to do and what not to do. Thy don't have any clear goal of life. That's they do what they think is good for them.

So Government should help bonafide spiritual leaders to educate people in mass about spirituality and to act in harmonizing way in nature.

Only giving capital punishment and not taking any realistic approach to stop crimes will lead to nowhere and only increase in crime, riots etc. So please guide and take care of each and every section of this country so that they lead meaningful and happy life.
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Aniruddha said:   9 years ago
I believe that CP should be abolished.

Life is all about being given a Second Chance.

In this view, A person committing a crime should be subjected to Rehabilitation Rather than Imprisonment.

A person should be made aware of his wrong deeds rather than being subjected to rigorous imprisonment and CP. A person commuting a crime has certainly Numerous Reasons behind it-may be unhealthy background, greed, jealousy, or any other motive. Everyone is aware of the fact of Judicial System and thus No one would Commit any sort of Crime for Fun or Experiment ation. And so it's necessary to understand the Criminal's mental state and treat accordingly to provide him a Better and Secure Life in Future. Our Constitution doesn't provide Right to kill any Human, and why should it?

If God is the one who gives us Life, it's He who should decide when He wants to take us Back to Him.

Thank You.
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VICTOR KAYODE JONESICIAL cOMMISSION SHOULD AMMEND said:   9 years ago
Capital Punishment should be allowed to stay because Eradicating it will mean that Nigeria will be subtly towing the path of Sodom and Gomorrah. Furthermore, Eradicating it will me that we are telling God who authorized whoever kill somebody should be killed. It should be noted that the 2 (two) Thieves with Jesus on the Cross were Armed Robbers. One of them repented But Jesus told him that he should face the Death Penalty first, then He would be with him in Paradise.

What I think should be done is that the Judicial Commission should amend the Professional Ethics for Legal Practitioners to the effect that any Lawyer who want to obtain the title of S.A.N. (Senior Advocate of Nigeria) should try to win at least 2 (two) Criminal Cases with Capital Punishment attach to them. This is because Our Lawyers are Lazy! and this is shown in the Judgement that is pronounced in the Court.
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Akhil said:   8 years ago
Capital punishment should be banned. I have many reasons for saying this. Firstly, man does not have the right to kill. It is up to the gods alone. Secondly, the death penalty does not entirely deter crime. Those who want to kill will do it whatever the consequences. Thirdly, innocent victims are being killed, sometimes. They may have not been capable enough to prove their case, so they were called guilty. Finally, the families of those killed go through severe mental trauma and loss. I am sure I wasn't the only one who saw the mother and sister of Myuran Sukumaran on the day of his execution in Indonesia for a drug case.

But this doesn't mean that justice should not be served. People should face the consequences of their wrong doings. Someone who has taken the life of another doesn't deserve to live. But is is not us who should make the ultimate decision, it is God.
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Balram said:   4 years ago
Hello everyone my name is Balram.

Today, I would like to talk about the topic capital punishment should be banned or not. Capital punishment is known as the death penalty in which our judiciary system legally kill a human who commits a serious or heinous crime like murder, rape, terrorism. So, According to my opinion capital punishment should not be banned because the crime rates are increasing day by day in our society, and it creates a fear in the mind of criminals. Due to capital punishment countries like China, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia has a lower rate of crime. If we abolish capital punishment then it's increasing crime rates in our country and. People feel unsafe and insecure. Because every year many innocent people were killed by criminals so they have not right to kill someone without any reason because life is precious and no one can snatch it. Thanks.
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Vkc said:   8 years ago
Capital punishment is necessary, and applicable in India, as this will set an example to others, securing not only peace but the confidence of the citizens in the government. Confining a person with capital crime in prison leaves the victims or the family of the victims in fear and distress and later develop lack of confidence towards the government and also maintaining a high security prison and protocols for such convicts is expensive for government maintenance (whereas we can use this funds for the development of the nation) and India is capable for initiating capital punishment because we have an independent judiciary (so no politicizing of justice and capital punishment will not be misused). In conclusion, I don't want to know that Osama bin Ladin or any other terrorists and rapist running around or sitting in prison with a chance of jailbreak.
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Puneet Singh Sarkaria said:   9 years ago
Capital punishment is in human. It is a law of jungle. If man calls him civilised, why should we follow the law of jungle? There are other punishments good enough to meet the end of justice. Why not content a life sentence? In fact, it will be more effective because life sentence is example for others. No doubt, a strong case can be made for life imprisonment which gives a man a chance to repent himself. Only one life may ostensibly be taken by capital punishment but economically, socially, psychologically, and morally the lives of entire family are seriously effected. By the way, what has capital punishment done for us so far by way of eliminating murder? A person should be given chance to repent his deeds. No doubt, it causes some extra expense but it better results.

So, Ladies and Gentlemen capital punishment should be abolished.
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Zahra said:   8 years ago
I believe that capital punishment should be banned. As Gautam Buddha has said. We have no right to take what we cannot give. While scrolling through I also saw that someone referred to the Ramayana. Well here's the thing: The Ramayana was written by Maharishi Valmiki who before he met Buddha would cut people's fingers and make a necklace out of it. If we come to think. Did he not deserve to die? Did he not take innocent lives? But Buddha forgave him and so he attained enlightenment and wrote the epic Ramayana. Secondly, Ramayana is about a war. A war in which soldiers who had done nothing wrong had to give their lives. And after bringing Sita back she was sent away as she had been in captivity of another man. What wrong did Sita do? Is the respect that should be given to women?
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