Law-Zim

 Society have used punishment to discourage would-be offenders from committing unlawful conducts and to punish offender or culprits. Most people think that the death penalty is no longer part of our correctional system, this position is not true because of section 48 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred as the Constitution). The term death penalty is used interchangeably with capital punishment. On this article, l will look at reasons the death penalty is part of our correctional system and will further raise arguments on the abolishment of the death penalty.      48 Right to life.   (1) Every person has the right to life.  (2) A law may permit the death penalty to be imposed only on a person convicted of murder committed in aggravating circumstances, and the law must permit the court a discretion whether or not to impose the penalty; the penalty may be carried out only in accordance with a final judgment of a competent court: the penalty mu