Death penalty is one of the controversial punishments in every country. There are many kinds of opinion and reason to support or opposite (v=menentang) the death penalty. Actually, the purposes of the death penalty are to reduce the number of crime and violation, to solve conflicts caused by criminal, to recover the balance and to wreak (v=mendatangkan) piece in society, and to give wary (adj=jera) impact and strong warning to society. According to KUHP, there are several kinds of crime that must be addressed death penalty such as tricky tactic, pogrom (n=pembunuhan berencana), terrorism, violation of human’s right and drugs.
Today, there have been so many pros and conts developing in society whether to erase or to defend the death penalty. In one side, government, some societies and organizations support death penalty because it is suitable for the people who do serious violation to the nation’s rules. This is not a problem to do. However, they think that we have to also consider about the criminals’ rights. They have to be treated fairly without compulsion (n=paksaan). In this case, criminals have their rights to be accompanied by lawyers. In our religion, death penalty or qisash isn’t something forbidden. According to spokesman (n=juru bicara) of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), Ismail Yusanto, death penalty is a command from God and it couldn’t be deleted because they are very sure that a punishment given in the world can help us out afterlife. For example, Rajam, a punishment given to those who do sexual intercourse (n=hubungan) without official marriage, is believed be able to purify (v=menyucikan) their mistreatment afterlife (n=akhirat).
In the other side, there are many people oppose the death penalty because they think that every human has fundamental rights and one of them is “a right to live”. It couldn’t be confined (v=dibatasi), decreased or seized (v=direbut) whatever the condition. It is in step (adv=sejalan) with section 28A and 28I of UUD 1945. By committing death penalty, it means the government, the law enforcer, breaks the human right. In addition, death penalty isn’t trusted yet able to give wary effect or stop the crime. It’s been widely known that several death penalty have been committed to some terrorists some years ago, hoping that the number of terrorism can be declined (v=menurun). Today, however, terrorism threat still widely persists (v=berlangsung), embellishment (n=pembunuhan) happens everywhere, and drugs is still easily distributed around Indonesia.
As of now, there have been no clear and practical solutions for death penalty issue. There are many considerations we have to pay attention on if we want to vanish (v=menghilangkan) it. If the government insists (v=menuntut) to commit death penalty to above mentioned crimes, they have to be audacious (adj=berani) and strict (adj=tegas) in applying it.
So, do you think death penalty is necessary to commit? Share your ideas in our discussion!
HEC on!
by Zakia – Moslem University of Indonesia
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