Death penalty is the practice of putting a person to death for a specific incident after a proper legal trial. After a proper trial has been held, the state can judge whether or not the subject is guilty or innocent. Some countries execute people who are below eight-teen years old when the crime committed is severe enough. Other countries use the death penalty against mentally unstable people. Capital punishment is used frequently in various countries. 141 countries have repealed capital punishment in law or in practice.
There are many moral dilemmas when it comes to death penalty, which makes jumping to a conclusion from the get go, very hard. The first reason is ethical. Each person has the right to live and we cannot deprive people. This right to live has roots in the various big religions, such as Christianity, Islam etc.
Proponents of the death penalty are an important tool for protecting the law, discourage crime, and costs less than life incarceration. The death penalty has provided an easy way to get rid of the pain for the families. It has become a way to glory victims, whose lives where taken from them. Even though the pain can never truly be undone, it is still reassuring that the person who committed the crime, never will be able to do it again.
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