Mar 25, 2023
Supreme Court’s Stand
Arguments Favoring the Abolition of the Death Penalty:
Arguments Against the Abolition of the Death Penalty:
Our today's edition of Current Affairs is here. Read to know more about Abolition of the Death Penalty. Also, find the topic's relevance to the UPSC CSE syllabus below
For Prelims: Indian Polity and Governance
Law Commission of India Report, Supreme Court, Electrocution, Abolition of the Death Penalty
For Mains: GS Paper II ( Important aspects of governance, transparency, and accountability.
The death penalty by hanging, Law Commission of India Report)
Various methods of Executions, Should the death penalty be removed?, Supreme Court’s stand, Death Penalty should stay, Death Penalty should be abolished
According to the Supreme Court, a different method of execution that is "more consistent with human dignity" and less painful than hanging by the neck to carry out the death sentence can be declared unconstitutional.
An Anecdote: For more than a century, stealing in England carried the death penalty, and spectators at public hangings frequently had their pockets searched. |
No one wants to experience the trauma of carrying out the death sentence, not the higher courts nor the helpless prison staff who must witness a person gasping at the end of a rope. To demonstrate that they are tough on crime, governments murder prisoners. Killing a man who is at your mercy is not a manly or tough act.
Source The Hindu
Despite detractors who claim there is no evidence to support this claim, many people believe the death penalty is necessary to deter people from committing serious crimes. Executions are still legal but rarely carried out in India.
The death penalty is incompatible with respect for human rights and dignity. The most fundamental of all human rights, the right to life, is violated by the death penalty.
The removal of the death penalty is a highly symbolic action that emphasizes the applicability of human rights to all people. The death penalty is not an effective tool in the fight against crime. It results in irreparable loss of life, and all legal systems are susceptible to injustices.
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Despite detractors who claim there is no evidence to support this claim, many people believe the death penalty is necessary to deter people from committing serious crimes. Executions are still legal but rarely carried out in India.
The death penalty is incompatible with respect for human rights and dignity. The most fundamental of all human rights, the right to life, is violated by the death penalty.
The removal of the death penalty is a highly symbolic action that emphasizes the applicability of human rights to all people. The death penalty is not an effective tool in the fight against crime. It results in irreparable loss of life, and all legal systems are susceptible to injustices.
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