Should Capital Punishment be Aboloshed
With the passage of time there has been softening of Penal Cod. Not long ago death penalty was inflicted fron numerous offences. In England death by hanging was a legal punishment for no less than two hundred offences, even for such minor offences as stealing a sheep, poaching or pick-pocketing. With the dawn of modern civilization a realization has dawned upon the people that severity of punishment is a relic of barbarism. It was Sir Robert Peele, the British Home Secretary, who revised the Penal Code in 1923 and slashed the number of capital offences to only two: murder and treason. In countries like Holland and Italy capital punishment has been abolished altogether. In France and Belgium it ha not been enforced over the last so many years.The main argument of those countries which have abolished it or ontend to do so, is that it is irrevocable.No judge, howsoever honest or conscientious he may be, can claim to be infallible. Terrible blunders are likely to be committed by even the most seasoned judges in sensitive cases like murder or treason. The alleged culprits have been condemned to death and executed, whi afterwards, but too late, proved to be innocent. If life-imprisonment had been awarded for murder, the victims of t
In our ultimate we conclude that punishment should be exemplary so that others may learn by precedent. Capital punishment is no doubt dreadful and frightening but the culprit has not to pass through a period of protracted pain. Moreover, he gets no chance to reform himself and make himself a useful member of the society. With the growing spirit of tolerance in the civilized society the concept pf punishment has undergone a radical change. Retaliation has been discarded in favour of deterrence. If 'Eye for eye' has been taken, the offender is at par with the offended. the society of which they form an intergal part suffers on both sides. The modern concept of punishment is that culprit is punished "not for stealing sheep rather that the sheep may not be stolen". steps are taken to reform the criminals so that he may not repeat the crime and eventually become a useful member of the society. Every effort is made to restore him to normal health. It is recognised on all hands tha slitary confinement is the most painful punishment. Man, by nature, is a gregarious animal. To be condemned to expulsion from society and subjected to a life of leneliness is the worst form of punishment. In the colleges the most terrible form of punishment, m
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