Some people argue capital punishment is a brutal decision and should be abolished. Discuss both views and give your personal opinion

The

death

penalty has always been a hotly debatable issue.

While

some strongly believe in abolishing it, others support using it as a

punishment

for serious

crimes

.

This

essay will discuss both perspectives and

then

I will give my personal opinion, which is that both views are valid. On the one hand, a considerable number of religious and democratic states, alongside international organisations like Amnesty, oppose the

death

penalty in all cases without exception – regardless of who is accused, the nature or circumstances of the crime, guilt or innocence or method of execution. And the rationale behind

this

is that capital

punishment

breaches our fundamental human rights, particularly the one to live without torture and inhuman treatment. The other view,

however

, is that capital

punishment

should exist because it is the most efficient means against

such

violent

crimes

as genocide, mass murder, and aggravated assaults. These are considered to be humans and should,

therefore

, be severely punished.

Furthermore

, certain states, like China and Iran, execute convicts charged with treason and espionage, as consider a betrayal of one’s country as the most heinous crime and it is difficult to find a true patriot who would disagree with

such

a view of treason.

Finally

, it is believed that the threat of being executed in the future will be sufficient to cause a significant number of people to refrain from committing a serious offence, which they have

otherwise

planned.

Thus

, the

death

penalty is , in my personal opinion, one of the efficient measures to deter violence. Personally, I feel that a decision to deprive someone of their life should only be limited to serious

crimes

,

such

as ethnic cleansing, which,

for example

, took place in the 1990s on the territories of Georgia, Albania and Serbia. Under all other circumstances, the

death

sentence should be banned as in its essence it is a degrading and inhuman

punishment

. In conclusion, even though capital

punishment

seems fair in certain cases and can efficiently prevent

crimes

, it has to be abolished with an exception of highly violent

crimes

against humanity.