Advantages and Disadvantages of Death Penalty

Advantages and Disadvantages of Death Penalty

The death penalty is a type of capital punishment in which the accused is put to death as punishment for the crime he committed. The death sentence is a judicial decree in which the accused is sentenced to death. The capital punishment is awarded for those crimes that are considered capital crimes such as murder, terrorism, and other severe crimes. The capital punishment or death penalty was practiced more often in the societies in the past, but now most of the developed nations have abolished this punishment. There are only 58 countries currently practicing the death penalty punishment.