Steemit Engagement Challenge Season8 Week1: What Is The Value Of Life?

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What do you think about the death penalty, do you agree or disagree? Explain why?

Death Penalty (Introduction):

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It is stated that the Death Penalty is been authorized by Section 33 of Constitution book of Nigeria. Top crimes which includes murder, rape, kidnapping, incest, robbery, sodomy, homosexuality, blasphemy, adultery, helping the suicide victim legally to be unable to consent, perjury involved in a capital case resulting to wrongful execution, and some military offences such as practice of indigenous beliefs.

Some group of people like the Pregnant women and younger people of 18 might not be sentenced to death, rather if convicted of any of those capital offence, they will rather be sentenced to life imprisonment.

According to the description of the death penalty, I agree with it totally. Any one who has passed the age of 18years should be punished by the crime him or she committed, especially when It come to the capital crimes that involves murder, kidnapping etc. Justice should also be given to the victimized person.

Death penalty might be declared to that person but execution does not take place immediately, it sometimes take time depending on how considerate the judges are to the convint for the time of execution.

Is this type of penalty part of the law in your country? Do you think it should be implemented?

Yes!..It is prevalent in my country, anyone who indulges in such crime should get a pay back for their actions by stating a death penalty on them. It should be implemented, at least to retain back justice. Although I don't support instant execution, they should be given time, at least to consider if their crime is too critical, whether to be given more years for the execution or not. Although Today, Nigerian Federal law gives that the death penalty are only for treason, homicide and armed robbery cases.

Do you know of any particular case of death penalty in your country or any other country? Can you share it?

It was on the 16, January 2023, that an Osun State High Court residing in Osogbo got six men sentenced to death by hanging. The four armed men got involved in two different cases after convicting them of murder and arm robbery offences. These convicts has the name "Hammed Rafiu" , "Rasidi Waidi" , "Kayode Sunday", "Owolabi Bashiru",

The case has it that according to the Osun State prosecution counsel, Mr Dele Akintayo, he stated that Victor Akinbile had gone to visit Osun on the November 26, 2018, attending the swearing-in ceremony of the Ex Governor "Adeboyega Oyetola" , and later on went to Ikirun where he passed the night with his uncle in his house, where he was attacked by four armed men.

According to the prosecution he stated that the defendants, "Owolabi", whom seem to be a security guard that works in the opposite house where the victim passed the night, got to inform the three others when he arrived.

He continued to reveal that the four armed men with dangerous weapons, forcefully penetrated into the victim’s room and ordered a sum total of N10 million, Akinbile whom seem not to have Upto that amount now submitted all the cash he had and ado had to do a transfer of additional N3 million to a bank account of one of the assailants named "Ahmed Rafiu".

After the molestation, they seized "Akinbile" then locked him up right inside the trunk of his Toyota Camry then drove him to another location, at Dominion Camp area at the old Iragbiji Road, where they got to set his car ablaze then watch him die and burn inside the trunk.

Right when they were arrested, it was stated in the constitutional law where there crime fall in. However they were given the chance to state evidence in defence of themselves.

At the course of assessing their defence, the counsel placed to the accused persons, "Messrs Ajibade Oyedeji"and also "Adedayo Adedeji", mentioned to the court that there was no evidence showing that they held meeting together just before they got to carry out the act. In the preview of Justice Falola, he said the prosecution counsel proved his case to be beyond reasonable doubt and then got the four men sentenced to death by hanging execution.

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CONCLUSION

I want each and every one of us to take our lives serious, for we only live once on earth. Value the life you live and stop putting it in test or danger. Anyway, I believe to have blessed you with this piece of article. Thank you for joining me dearies.

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