Thou shall not kill: The constitutionality of death penalty under Nigerian legal system

Duru, Onyekachi W.; Nwafor, Ndubuisi A.; Nwabachili, Chioma O.

Abstract

Two wrongs cannot make a right; there is hardly any justification for the continual use of capital punishment (death) as a form of punishment in Nigeria. This paper will canvass that, even though death penalty is a constitutionally permissible form of punishment in Nigeria, but it goes against the recent positive and developmental strides in the areas of civilization, criminology and human right. The paper leans in favor of the abolitionist perspective by arguing that life imprisonment is as effective as the death penalty as a means of deterrence.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Mar 23, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Apr 22, 2017
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 30, 2023
• Journal: Issues in Legal Scholarship
• Electronic ISSN: 1539-8323
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ils-2017-0003
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11470637