CJ05 Unit 5 Assignment

Introduction Death penalty or more commonly known as the capital punishment is a legal verdict by which a person can be put to death by the state, as an offence for a crime. Execution in this regard refers to the actual process of eliminating the life of the sentenced person. Capital punishment is a controversial topic of discussion among the scholars. Many claim it as a horrible punishment. This point of view is advocated by those who believe that there is no reason for taking any person's life and that no reason is justifiable for this act. According to this group, two wrongs do not make a right that is to say if a person has been killed it is wrong and it would be equally wrong to kill the killer of the first person. They believe this would initiate a vicious never-ending circle, which would encourage vengeful killings. In contrast, there is another group which endorses capital punishments as the most appropriate course of action in response to murders and homicides. This group believes in the concept of “an eye for an eye.” They believe that sparing the life of a person who killed another life is a serious miscarriage of justice, and that justice can only be served if a life is taken for a life.

Discussion

Enforcement of Capital Punishment and its mode In the 1940's constitution of Cuba, the capital punishment was banned for offences committed during peace times. However, following the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the death penalty was reinstated in law and practice. The national law of Cuba declares several offences as punishable by death. These include murder, rape, espionage, terrorism, piracy, hijacking, drugs, trafficking and a few others. The method employed to carry out this punishment is of the firing squad. ...