By Rajeev K. Goel and Umad Mazhar

Capital punishment is the final frontier in enforcement. Given that there is no remediation in case there is an error in prosecution and/or conviction (and due to related moral issues), many nations do not have capital punishment, have eliminated this extreme form of punishment or have it on paper and have seldom used it (abolitionists in practice). The presence of death penalty, a legal instrument of crime deterrence, remains a politically charged issue worldwide.1 Typically, capital punishment is reserved for violent crimes, usually involving the death of the victims. However, in some cases, capital punishments are also handed out for other crimes. Even in nations where there is no capital punishment or where there is such punishment for specific crimes, the demonstration effect or learning on part of lawmakers might embolden them to consider suc

Wiley, 2018, 25p.