Capital punishment is a punishment by death. In today’s world, 36 countries actively practice capital punishment, 103 countries have completely abolished it, 6 have abolished it for ordinary crimes only and around 50 countries have not used it for at least 10 years now.
The four most populous countries in the world i.e China, India, The United States and Indonesia practice capital punishment. However, out of the 15 most developed nations of the world, around 12 countries have abolished this practice.
There arises several questions in my mind regarding capital punishment. Will it ever help in ending the crimes for which it is given? Will hanging of a rapist, ever end rapism? Will executing a terrorist, ever terminate terrorism? I wonder if capital punishment would ever end capital crimes from the roots!
A terrorist who wants to create terror among people, will he ever be terrorised by his own termination? Does it really act as a deterrent anymore? Do people really fear capital punishment.
Another question that comes to my mind is that, have we ever paid attention as to why people commit such crimes! Taking an instance from Kasab’s life, once he asked his father for new clothes on eid, but his father being a poor man couldn’t provide them, which made him angry. It was then, he left his home and got engaged in petty crime with his friend, moving on to armed robbery. That’s how one day they got into contact with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
So what was it, terrorism or poverty, which resulted in 2008 Mumbai attacks?
What Kasab did, will never be justified but its important to understand that why he did so! Yes, we can surely think of punishments which can actually transform a person and make him/her a better human being in life.
No one is born criminal but is made one. Even the innocent can be made into terrorist. Kasab’s life is one of the many examples of this.
The UN estimates that 2.1 million children die before reaching the age of 5 every year- 4 every minute, mostly from preventable illness such as diarrhoea, typhoid and so on. Who is responsible for these deaths? Have they been hanged as well for the deaths of these innocent poor kids?
Capital punishment will surely end criminals but I really doubt if it will ever end crime.
No one is born bad, its his circumstances, hardships that force him to take wrong paths. Also some of the terrorists end up becoming a tool in the hands of political or religious leaders.
Poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, social and economic inequality are some of the many reasons behind various crimes. So, what should we focus on- prospering people or terminating people?
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Definitely the focus should be on prospering people! nice work 🙂
Amazing! I liked your style of writing.. Keep going!
So true..I firmly believe that capital punishment is not the solution. Nice article well written 🙂
Well-written article!Keep it up!
Amazing.. Nice and interesting topic.
very good article…
Well researched!
A unique topic
Nice article
Good Read 🙂
No one is born bad…everyone deserves another chance
Agreed totally
Great article!
Informative.
I appreciate your thoughts.. but capital punishment must be there at least for the terrorism cases. After capital punishment, life imprisonment is the most severe punishment. In India the life imprisonment doesn’t actually mean the whole life, it is around 25 years. So, there is no guarantee that the person will be reformed and would not commit the same crime after being released. Also keeping them for life is very risky as their terrorist groups may plan for more attacks in order to demand their release. I know thoughts may clash as it is a highly debatable topic..!
nice article
Total Agree
I am glad Megha that you reciprocated, just that I really wonder if it would actually end terrorism or even reduce such crimes. I really think that they don’t fear anything, so what’s the point! moreover we can find alternative punishments apart from just life imprisonment. I am still learning so let’s see if it would actually help.
well researched.
good one 🙂
Very well articulated!
Great flair and understanding. Delves deep into the emotions of people.
I believe such extreme measures are needed in a few cases
Very well written great effort s
Capital punishment should be given for crimes, so that next time people fear doing the wrong things. It shall help in setting an example for other people!
Great one
A really good article.
But it is true that a person is not born a criminal but it is because of his circumstances that one indulges to these heinous crimes
Also, strict punishment needs to given so that one does not get motivated or reach to that level of harm to people around him.
In this way at least , a person cannot become a parasite to the society or a defeat for humanity itself