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Capital Punishment6

enalty from there constitutional and contently from their leally system (Bedau The Case).In spite of everything, Capital Punishment is more humane than life imprisonment. Those in support of Capital Punishment feel that making the prisoner suffer by rotting in jail for the rest of this life is more torturous and inhumane than execution. To sum up the basic views of the proponents, imprisonment is simply not a sufficient safeguard against the future actions of criminals because it offers the possibility of escape and release on parole. " We think that some criminals must be made to pay their crime with their lives, and we think that we, the survivors of the world they violated, may legitimately extract that payment because we, too are their victims"(Bedau 317). At such instances the Capital Punishment would be the best punishment.Gradually, Countries are slowly realizing that the death penalty is not achieving the results and it is morally wrong. The world seems to be realizing that death penalty is not the best way to end crime. So death penalty is becoming less popular day by day. Today, 28 European courtiers have abolished the death penalty either in law or in practice. In Great Britain, it was abolished in 1971; France abolished it in 1981. Canada abolished it in 1976. The United Nations General Assembly affirmed in a formal resolution that, throughout the world, it is desirable to progressively restrict the number of offenses for which the death penalty might be imposed, with at view to the desirability of abolishing this punishment(57).Furthermore, the U.S is popular for its justice and respect for human life. Death Penalty does not to with this image of our country. So death penalty abolishment is necessary, to stick to our values and morals.Thus, I hope I have sufficiently tried to prove my view that Capital Punishment is not right. Because it is unfair and unjust; innocent people are executed; it is more expensive then life impr...

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