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It’s Time To
Kill Capital
Punishment
death penalty than the lethal injection? Seven countries still dig
people into the ground up to their waist before stones are hurled at
them from their neighbours, friends and family until death. In fact,
in most places it is customary for a family member to throw the first
rock. There are at least 11 people in Iran right now awaiting stoning
sentences most of which are women accused of ‘adultery’.
Finally, what message does capital punishment give? Revenge is
justice? An eye for an eye? Should grieving families and friends take
matters into their own hands? There are cases every day which
reflect their countries’ capital punishments such as Farzana Parveen
in Pakistani who married against her fathers wishes. She was on her
way to court on May 27 this year when she was beaten to death with
bricks by a mob. Did I mention she was 25 and pregnant?
Stephan Bright (a human rights attorney) said ‘it can be argued
that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be
mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from… engaging in the
same behaviour as the criminals’. Well then why do we have the
death penalty? ‘Don’t fight fire with fire’. ‘Two wrongs don’t make a
right’. It’s time to kill capital punishment.
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