Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is controversial. Merits and demerits of capital punishment makes it hard to decide whether to abolish it or not. While many first world countries have abolished the death penalty, countries such as Singapore still continue with it as it acts as an effective deterrent, and it allows the guilty to pay for his crimes.

Capital punishment deters future crimes. It serves as a warning to those who are going to commit a capital offense and makes them think twice about doing so. Less people will commit the crimes in fear of being executed and hence a decrease in the crime rate of capital offenses.

Many might argue that capital crimes, such as murder and drug trafficking, occurs when the guilty is desperate and had no other ways to solve their problems. In my opinion, this is not a valid excuse. What rights do you have to cause harm to the innocent even when u are desperate? If u can't solve your problem, why don't u take your own life instead? End your torment and don't inflict pain and sufferings to the innocent.

I would agree that a death by electric chair or gas chamber is inhumane; a shot to the head is faster and more cost efficient. however, besides that, many propose life sentence as a substitute for the death sentence. personally, i would rather prefer to die without dignity than to live a life without dignity in darkness, and living life with no sense of purpose. What is the point of living when there is no freedom, no happiness for the rest of the lifetime. The wait for one's death is torturous, yet it is inevitable. Be it the death sentence or life imprisonment, one will still have to die.

Hence, my point on the case is that mandatory death sentence should be abolished, and convicts will be given the choice of taking their own life or life imprisonment. There is no denial of human rights as it will be their personal choice to do so.