MORALITY AND DEATH PENALTY:IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MORALLY RIGHT?

Abstract This paper examines the changing nature of death penalty arguments in four specific areas; moral prospects, dominance of State, deterrence and retribution. Morality and death penalty are two contrasting words which will be dealt together in this research paper. While morality usually deals with high moral values and righteousness, death penalty is a severe punishment which is awarded after committing heinous crimes in rarest of rare cases.