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    Louis P. Pojman, PhD, former Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at West Point Military Academy, in an essay titled "Why the Death Penalty Is Morally Permissible," from Adam Bedaus' 2004 book titled Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case, wrote: “Public execution of the convicted wrongdoer (criminal) would serve as a reminder that crime does not pay. Public executions of criminals seem an efficient way to communicate the message that if you shed innocent blood, you will pay a high price.” Public execution is a just and rightful end to a barbaric human being. Lethal stoning and beheading in ‘public’ in Islam are referred to in Qur’anic verse 24:2: “. . . and let a group of the believers witness their punishment.” Mawlana Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi in his 6-volume translation and commentary of the Qur'an, Tafhim al-Qur'an, in an interpretation of public execution, writes: "The punishment should be awarded publicly so that, on the one hand, the guilty one may feel disgraced and, on the other, it may serve as a deterrent for other people. This throws light on the concept of punishment in Islam. In verse 38 of AI-Ma'idah (V), in connection with the punishment of theft, it was said: ". . . it is the recompense for what they have earned, and an exemplary punishment from Allah." And now here it is being enjoined that the adulterer should be given the punishment publicly. This shows that in Islamic Law punishment is awarded to meet three purposes: (a) To inflict pain on the criminal for the excesses he committed against the other person or society, (b) To stop him from repeating the crime, (c) To serve as a deterrent for others, so that the people having evil inclinations in society may be deterred and dare not commit such crimes again. Another advantage of awarding the punishment publicly is that the officials concerned should not be able to reduce or enhance the punishment at will while executing it." (Material presented in this note is procured via Google searches.)

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    Louis P. Pojman, PhD, former Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at West Point Military Academy, in an essay titled "Why the Death Penalty Is Morally Permissible," from Adam Bedaus' 2004 book titled Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case, wrote: “Public execution of the convicted wrongdoer (criminal) would serve as a reminder that crime does not pay. Public executions of criminals seem an efficient way to communicate the message that if you shed innocent blood, you will pay a high price.” Public execution is a just and rightful end to a barbaric human being. Lethal stoning and beheading in ‘public’ in Islam are referred to in Qur’anic verse 24:2: “. . . and let a group of the believers witness their punishment.” Mawlana Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi in his 6-volume translation and commentary of the Qur'an, Tafhim al-Qur'an, in an interpretation of public execution, writes: "The punishment should be awarded publicly so that, on the one hand, the guilty one may feel disgraced and, on the other, it may serve as a deterrent for other people. This throws light on the concept of punishment in Islam. In verse 38 of AI-Ma'idah (V), in connection with the punishment of theft, it was said: ". . . it is the recompense for what they have earned, and an exemplary punishment from Allah." And now here it is being enjoined that the adulterer should be given the punishment publicly. This shows that in Islamic Law punishment is awarded to meet three purposes: (a) To inflict pain on the criminal for the excesses he committed against the other person or society, (b) To stop him from repeating the crime, (c) To serve as a deterrent for others, so that the people having evil inclinations in society may be deterred and dare not commit such crimes again. Another advantage of awarding the punishment publicly is that the officials concerned should not be able to reduce or enhance the punishment at will while executing it." (Material presented in this note is procured via Google searches.)

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    Louis P. Pojman, PhD, former Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at West Point Military Academy, in an essay titled "Why the Death Penalty Is Morally Permissible," from Adam Bedaus' 2004 book titled Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case, wrote: “Public execution of the convicted wrongdoer (criminal) would serve as a reminder that crime does not pay. Public executions of criminals seem an efficient way to communicate the message that if you shed innocent blood, you will pay a high price.” Public execution is a just and rightful end to a barbaric human being. Lethal stoning and beheading in ‘public’ in Islam are referred to in Qur’anic verse 24:2: “. . . and let a group of the believers witness their punishment.” Mawlana Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi in his 6-volume translation and commentary of the Qur'an, Tafhim al-Qur'an, in an interpretation of public execution, writes: "The punishment should be awarded publicly so that, on the one hand, the guilty one may feel disgraced and, on the other, it may serve as a deterrent for other people. This throws light on the concept of punishment in Islam. In verse 38 of AI-Ma'idah (V), in connection with the punishment of theft, it was said: ". . . it is the recompense for what they have earned, and an exemplary punishment from Allah." And now here it is being enjoined that the adulterer should be given the punishment publicly. This shows that in Islamic Law punishment is awarded to meet three purposes: (a) To inflict pain on the criminal for the excesses he committed against the other person or society, (b) To stop him from repeating the crime, (c) To serve as a deterrent for others, so that the people having evil inclinations in society may be deterred and dare not commit such crimes again. Another advantage of awarding the punishment publicly is that the officials concerned should not be able to reduce or enhance the punishment at will while executing it." (Material presented in this note is procured via Google searches.)

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    PUBLIC EXECUTION – A CRIME DETERRENT PHENOMENON

    Hadi | March 10, 2018

    Louis P. Pojman, PhD, former Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at West Point Military
    Academy, in an essay titled "Why the Death Penalty Is Morally Permissible," from Adam
    Bedaus' 2004 book titled Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital
    Punishment The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case, wrote:
    “Public execution of the convicted wrongdoer (criminal) would serve as a reminder that
    crime does not pay. Public executions of criminals seem an efficient way to communicate
    the message that if you shed innocent blood, you will pay a high price.”
    Public execution is a just and rightful end to a barbaric human being.
    Lethal stoning and beheading in
    ‘public’ in Islam are referred to in
    Qur’anic verse 24:2:
    “. . . and let a group of the believers
    witness their punishment.”
    Mawlana Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi in
    his 6-volume translation and
    commentary of the Qur'an, Tafhim al-
    Qur'an, in an interpretation of public
    execution, writes:

    "The punishment should be awarded A 22-year-old man named Hussein al-Saket’s (convicted of raping and
    publicly so that, on the one hand, killing a four-year-old girl) public execution in Yemen.

    the guilty one may feel disgraced


    and, on the other, it may serve as a deterrent for other people. This throws light on the
    concept of punishment in Islam. In verse 38 of AI-Ma'idah (V), in connection with the
    punishment of theft, it was said:
    ". . . it is the recompense for what they have earned, and an exemplary punishment from
    Allah."
    And now here it is being enjoined that the adulterer should be given the punishment
    publicly. This shows that in Islamic Law punishment is awarded to meet three purposes:
    (a) To inflict pain on the criminal for the excesses he committed against the other person
    or society,
    (b) To stop him from repeating the crime,
    (c) To serve as a deterrent for others,
    so that the people having evil inclinations in society may be deterred and dare not commit
    such crimes again.
    Another advantage of awarding the punishment publicly is that the officials concerned
    should not be able to reduce or enhance the punishment at will while executing it."

    (Material presented in this note is procured via Google searches.)

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