Is Death Sentence Justified?

In different countries, this topic has been a matter of controversy and debate. Criminals who have committed the worst of atrocities, which means crimes like genocide, mass murder, terrorism etc. are the ones who are given a death sentence. The severity of use of the death sentence is different in different countries. Different countries also use different methods to execute convicts awaiting death sentences.

Many a time, the question arises about if the death sentence is justified. After all, nobody has the right to take away someone’s life. Not even the government. Death is to be decided by only the almighty. No government has the right to overstep its boundaries and end a person’s right to live, however severe are the acts he has committed.

Many governments, especially dictatorships and monarchies have used the death sentence as a tool to their political power. Many rulers use the death penalty to kill their political opponents and eliminate competition. In such instances, we see that death penalty has become a curse to people and their living. In the end, it is those people who are under non-democratic, authoritative governments who suffer. It is those people who raise their voice to get their basic needs fulfilled, get killed. Here, we clearly see that the death penalty has not only brought suffering and despair to the convicted, but also to a person who now doesn’t even have the right to raise his voice and assert his right not to be happy about things.

However, there is a flip side. We see from experiences that countries who ban the death sentence always recieve an increase in henious crimes being committed in that country. When there aren’t enough punishments, people are not scared to commit such crimes. And when people do convicted, they get out through loopholes in the judicial system and commit the same crimes, and yet, they are not punished. Countries, especially the ones suffering from terrorism must exercise its right to punish a criminal to death.

The use of the death sentence must be regulated. Only those criminals who are accused and proved of committing henious, brutal crimes must be penalised with a death sentence. A government must ensure that NO INNOCENT MAN will be killed due to the crime committed by someone else.