Question

Do you think it's possible to create a method of capital punishment that would actually deter people from committing murder? Would televising executions work? What might be some of the negative consequences of such a policy?

Answer 1

Creating a method of capital punishment that would actually deter people from committing murder.

Explanation:

Numerous studies have shown that imposing capital punishment or harsh punishments does not actually deter people from committing crimes. Studies have shown that states imposing such punishments still have high criminal rate than those states that do not.

Televising executions would only create a lobby for more controversies and futile discussions on the morality of capital punishment. Human rights activists strongly disagree of commercializing such events on grounds of human moral rights. They also believe that a state does not have the right to execute an individual.

It is believed that capital punishments are imposed very rarely and only to those individuals who have committed heinous crimes. However, if we look into past incidences, the verdict has been used unfairly and partially. The power to impose such verdict also raises the question on the sovereign authority of a state by many critics. Critics argue that states should not have to right to determine the lives of the people.