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Death Penalty
Death penalty which is also referred to as capital punishment is a controversial subject in
today’s society. Death penalty has been present in the society for over hundreds of years and since
its existence there has always been debates as to whether it’s morally right and if it actually leads
to reduction in crime (Bedau & Hugo, 1998). Death penalty is an act of state where an individual
who has committed a capital crime or capital offence is executed through lethal injection, electric
chair or hanging. As a member of the journalism club in campus I am always engaged in
controversial discussions that leads to different views for instance in this paper I will be looking
at death penalty as an effective way of administering justice.
Many people are for the argument that death penalty is a barbaric act that was used during
the slavery era where corporal punishment and branding was a common form of punishment and
it has no place in today’s civilization. They hold the position that capital punishment violates
constitutional process of offering equal protection for every citizen which is also a mandate that is
stipulated in the international law, where every individual has a right to life (Baldus, David et al,
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1990). Thus, they argue that regardless of what crime an individual has done the state is under no
obligation to take a person’s life.
Over the years US is still among the few countries still exercising capital punishment on
its citizens. Even with controversial views from church groups, civil rights groups and also human
rights groups the state has stood firm on the issues related to capital punishment. This is because
it symb...