Essays on Capital Punishment

The Catholic Church’s teachings have not always been consistent, specifically exemplified in the issue of capital punishment. Prominent historic figures in the Catholic Church such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas had strongly supported the death penalty. Augustine says that ‘it is in no way contrary...

The topic of the research is reprieve of criminals from capital punishment. The paper focuses on how the issuance of the death penalty to convicted criminals goes against the same human rights that the law tries to protect. The paper thus proposes a thesis proving...