CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment

Introduction

The death penalty, capital punishment or execution is to cause death or murder of a convicted by the State as punishment for a crime established in the legislation, the crimes for which this penalty is applied frequently termed "capital offenses." The death of criminals and political dissidents has been used by some companies in a moment of history, both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. The theme of the death penalty is highly controversial. Supporters of the same opinion that their realization reduce crime, prevent its recurrence and is a form of punishment for the murder . Critics argue that it reduces crime to a greater extent than life imprisonment, are worse than the crime, are Holocaust and is a discrimination in fact against minorities and the poor who may not have sufficient resources in the legal system.

Discussion

I believe that opposition to the Capital punishment is primarily an ethical duty, because the right to life is closely linked to the dignity and this should be absolutely inviolable. As a progressive I am very proud that Spain will push the international community in eradicating the Capital punishment because it is a just cause, dignified and humanitarian. Since the Government consider that the maximum penalty is a violation of Human Rights and its irreversibility makes the most extreme case of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

The implementation of a human being is never an act of justice, but revenge and therefore a failure of the Administration of Justice. Nor is it a deterrent to prevent crime, but rather, is a cruel punishment implicitly legitimizes the use of violence by the state.

Spain generally abolished capital punishment in 1978 and, 17 years later, also banned the use of this punishment in times of war. The Government has taken steps with the international community to establish an International Commission to ensure the universal abolition of the Capital punishment by two lines of action: applying an effective moratorium on the Capital punishment in 2015 and the construction of political consensus that no country in the world apply to the mentally disabled, minors or persons who committed crimes in this period of his life.

Spain initialed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the Capital punishment. Fortunately, and in line with this protocol, the number of countries each year in addition to their elimination is growing steadily and today we are more than 130 states which de jure or de facto we have suppressed. This progress is largely due to the momentum pioneer and lively civil society, whose activism has been and is essential to shake the conscience of the States and to maintain the fight against the Capital punishment on the international agenda (John, 2007).

It is time that the voices calling for complete eradication of the Capital punishment resonate more strongly in the international and United Nations, which is the most appropriate forum to discuss the affairs of mankind. The fight against capital punishment not only affects a group ...