TOPIC OF INTEREST: DEATH PENALTY

Asking Appropriate Question

about the problem Why has the death penalty become a
: contentious issue?

The death penalty is still a contentious

subject in many governments and
jurisdictions across the world. The death
penalty is the death punishment inflicted by
Examining other’s view or a court of law on an offender who has
perspective about the question: committed a capital felony. The death
penalty is also known as the capital
punishment. The death penalty is just a
court of law imposing a death penalty on a
capital crime, whereas capital punishment
is the actual execution or killing of the
offender following the imposition of a death
penalty. Extrajudicial executions should be
distinguished from the death penalty.
Whereas the death sentence is inflicted
when an offender is found guilty in a court
of law, extrajudicial executions occur
without due process.
Establishing your personal view/ This problem should be an issue for myself
perspective: and others since it is also crucial to realize
that the execution of the death sentence is
controlled by rules and regulations. For
example, certain categories of individuals
are barred from being condemned to death.
This should be researched since it may
have an impact on people's rights to justice.
Constructing your argument to support your Because of the rising crime rate in the
view: Philippines, the death penalty was
considered, but nations have abolished it in
law or practice; in the Asia Pacific area, 19
countries have abolished the death penalty
for all offenses, and another eight are
abolitionists in practice.

Analyzing your arguments about your view/ Juvenile criminals are exempt from the
perspective: death sentence under the International
 Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Furthermore, mentally challenged criminals
are exempt from the death penalty. The
gravity of a capital offense committed by a
child or a mentally impaired person is
viewed as less severe based on mental
capabilities, and hence inflicting the death
sentence on them is viewed as excessively
severe but still there can be an injustice in
it.

Justifying your arguments about your view/ Other nations, including Australia, Canada,
perspective: Mexico, and all Council of Europe
members, have abolished the death
sentence. The death penalty has been
totally abolished in 75 nations throughout
the world, regardless of whether the
offense committed is a capital offense or
not. It is not essential in the Philippines
since our country has a poor legal system.
Most nations that use the death sentence
reserve the penalty for major or severe
offenses. Murder, terrorism, rape,
kidnapping and human trafficking, illicit
drug trafficking, and corruption and bribery
are examples of such crimes. Furthermore,
in certain states, sexual crimes such as
prostitution, homosexuality, and adultery
are punished by death. However, some
nations use the death sentence for minor
offenses such as general thievery and drug
trafficking.