The question of life
The question of death sentence – its abolition or retention has been agitating the civilized world for a long time. Many sound and forceful arguments have been put forward in favor of and against the proposition, It is awarded to such persons who are charged and convinced of serious crimes such as premeditated cold blood murder, high treason etc.
By having the provision of death punishment in our statue book, we can create a fear in the heart of those who mediate to commit such crimes. It serves as a deterrent for those who might dare to take a life which is not possible to be given back.
Fear of death is the greatest fear, It puts a man on the right track amend it is this fear that prevents him from causing death of another person whatever the provocation. Remove this fear and you will find a spate of cold blood murders. So retention of death sentence is the only method of abolishing and reducing murders and other heinous crimes.
Equally sound are the arguments of those who are of the opinion that death punishment must be abolished because it is cruel and inhuman. Those favoring abolition of death punishment argue that the award of death penalty does not meet the ends of justice.
If there is no legal provision to keep a dangerous murderer in prison for a long time, such provision must be enacted immediately. Simply for the want of legal provision, a man should not be sentenced to death.