Murder And What Pertains To Different Cases Of Causes Of Death.

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In the West, homicide is a crime in which the state must intervene and apply punishment. Consequently, punishment for homicide in the West became arbitrary and lacking any uniformity.

Studies in the 60s showed that black Americans were sentenced to death for crimes which white Americans were only “doing time.”

In Islam, homicide is considered a civil wrong (tort). It is up to those who suffered the loss (the victim’s relatives) to decide on punishment or pardon.

Qisaas may be private justice or personal revenge either by:

Execution
Deeyah
Complete pardon. [1] Surah Al-Baqara, 2: 178

However, even after execution has been ordered by the court, remission is possible. This principle is uniform and leaves the right to pardon in the hands of those harmed.

Crimes of passion will not be eliminated by the death penalty. Public execution discourages premeditated murder. Where a person knows that he or she will only have to face life imprisonment (6-9years) for murder, if caught, they will be more willing to take the chance. But, where the consequence is possible death, they will think twice or thrice before going ahead with a murder.

In the West, the execution of murderers takes place in prisons it is only viewed by a few members of the press, prison officials and the family of the murderer and the murdered. Consequently, for the society at large it is only a statistic. The execution has no personal impact on the individual members of society.

In the Muslim state large segments of the society are invited to view the execution so they will convey it to the rest of the society.

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Murder And What Pertains To Different Cases Of Causes Of Death.

Murder And What Pertains To Different Cases Of Causes Of Death.

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