Crime or Deterrence: The Role of Capital Punishment in Preventing Crime

Abstract

The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a legal method in which a person is killed by a formal courtroom for murder as punishment. "The term capital begins with a Latin underwrite in the proper sense of 'head-to-head' (implying execution by beheading)." This article highlights the topic of the death penalty in society, provides a holistic view of the death penalty, and points out the controversies surrounding the implementation of the death penalty. Everywhere, interest in the abolition of the death penalty has widened in recent years. However, 56 countries, including Pakistan, consider sentencing an important part of their prison system. Pakistan uses a special phrase to solve the fate of the perpetrators in around 27 different crimes. This document aims to review and share Pakistan's perspective as a Muslim nation. In this way, this research first elucidates the Islamic perspective and then internationally, also emphasizes the importance of the death penalty as deterrence.