Capital Punishment:
Definition:
The legally authorized
killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
Explanation:
Capital punishment is the
practice of executing someone as punishment for a specific crime after a proper
legal trial. It can only be used by a state, so when non-state organizations
speak of having 'executed' a person they have actually committed a murder. Capital
punishment is the death penalty. It is used today and was
used in ancient times to punish a variety of crimes; The Death Penalty is a
controversial issue because there are people that state the Death Penalty is
wrong and good in some way.
Historical background
In
1947, at the time of independence, only homicide and treason were punishable by
death penalty. The important evolution occurred between 1977 and 1988 under
General Zia ul Haq’s regime, and the beginning of the Islamisation of the
country. The peak of executions by year was reached in 1978, with 207
executions. The lowest happened in 1989, where no execution took place....
