The model of punishment has been used in many nations for punishment of various crimes notably of which is murder, robbery with violence and treason. The mode of death could be by hanging, lethal injection, electrocution or stoning to death as in countries of the Middle East.
Most of the times the family of the victims may even want it so badly because they assume by the person dying they feel justice will have been met. So to them an eye for eye serves the purpose of justice. Murder no doubt is a heinous crime and deserves grave consequences for the one committing the crime. But is another killing the solution?
The justice system aims at preventing crime, punishing those who offend the law, bring retribution to the offended while trying to rehabilitate the offender. The main reason really is to provide justice however that may look like. The question that we must all ask is how does the state committing the same act that the offender is convicted of help in curbing such crimes? Do we as human beings have the right to decide who should live and who should die?
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