Ethical and Biblical Discourse on Capital Punishment

Abstract

Capital punishment has ever since remained a controversial intellectual discourse and most controversial penal practice in the modern world due to the divide of opinion on its permissibility among various scholars and countries. This divide of opinion is unlikely to reach a consensus on the necessity of capital punishment due to the irreversibility of the execution, that is, condemned person could not simply resurrect with the intention of supporting one side or another. In fact, the question of the necessity of capital punishment for the developed world appears to be the cornerstone of any juridical discussion. Moreover, deprivation of life is not only of a legal character, but also raises signicant moral issues. Thus, this paper seeks to explore some ethical and biblical discourses on capital punishment with the view of explicating its moral permissibility or impermissibility