The Ethics of Medical Involvement in Capital Punishment

Gaie, Joseph B. R.; Thomasma, David C.; Weisstub, David N.; Kushner, Thomasine; Benatar, S R; Carney, Terry; Jensen, Uffe Juul; Kimsma, Gerrit K.; Leeuwen, Evert van; McLean, Sheila A.M.; Novák, David; Pellegrino, Edmund D.; Pegoraro, Dom Renzo; Shapiro, Robyn S.; Tancredi, Lawrence

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“…If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, potential murderers will think twice before killing for fear of losing their own life, hence, will achieve the state's objectives of social order (Kashkoush,2020) . 4) Also, Eradicating notorious criminals due to the threat they represent to the rest of the society, which may be be satisfactory to the demands of justice, therefore, the death penalty is a retribution for an evil act where the offender is executed and society expresses its condemnation to the evil act committed, and this argument derives its convincing strength from the deeply rooted and extreme aversion and disgust that is provoked among law abiding citizens to satisfy public's sentiment, since public sentiment demands the death penalty and safeguards its implementation (Gaie, 2004).…”

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Guarantees Execution of the Capital Punishment for Pregnant Women: A Comparative Study between Emirati and Jordanian Legislation

Alhawawsheh

2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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This study aimed at a legal and scientific analysis of the Guarantees of the death penalty for pregnant women as a comparative study between Emirati and Jordanian legislation, At a time when there is a lot of controversy over the retention or abolition of this penalty. Researcher sought to analyze the Guarantees of execution of the penalty for the pregnant woman before and after the trial and during the execution between Emirati and Jordanian legislation, also analyzed the Definition of the death penalty and the controversy over maintaining or abolishing this penalty Supporting and opposing sides of Capital Punishment. The study obtained several results, the most important of which is we find that the text of Article 17 – Penal Code- talks about the replacement of the death penalty in life imprisonment, only before the issuance of the final judgment, but in the case of text 358- Code of Criminal Procedure , it is after the issuance of a final judgment in the case, then the execution is carried out after three months. In this we find that the Jordanian legislator was not successful in the text and that there is a conflict in the interest of the youngster and we recommend the legislator to amend the text to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment after the final judgment, in order to protect the fetus and take into account his interests. Received: 24 January 2023 / Accepted: 21 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023

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Guarantees Execution of the Capital Punishment for Pregnant Women: A Comparative Study between Emirati and Jordanian Legislation

Alhawawsheh

2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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“…And currently this is an extremely controversial subject, initiating voluminous intellectual debate at global platforms. 3 Social consensus on pressing issues like; whether physicians should be present at executions? Whether physicians should supervise the execution process?…”

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Medicalization of Judicial Mode of Execution: A Critical Study in American Context

2020

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Modes of judicial execution of death sentence have to be determined in light of various objective factors like prevailing atmosphere of the international opinion, international norms and standards, contemporary penological theories and ever progressing standards of human decency. Though it's essential to adapt the most civilized method of judicial execution, nevertheless, what is more important is how that civilized process of execution is carried out. History is witness to the fact that how medical professionals have made invaluable contributions to make the existing modes of execution more civilized, humane and efficient by playing the most pivotal role. Medicalization of the process of judicial execution through intravenous lethal injection is not novel. However, currently direct participation of physicians in the implementation of the death penalty through intravenous lethal injection has become an extremely controversial subject, initiating voluminous intellectual debate at global platforms. Hence, an appropriate contouring of such participation is increasingly coming under sharp scrutiny on ethical and legal grounds. The question arises, will the physicians not be guilty of gross professional misconduct by refusing to oversee the executions and taking care of the condemned persons in their last crucial hours, thereby neglecting their ethical responsibility to minimize the suffering and maximize the comfort. Physicians need to fulfill their role as caregivers by actively participating in the implementation and development of lethal injection as the most humane mode of judicial execution.

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Should Prospective Students Be Tested for HIV/AIDS Prior to Overseas Scholarship Grants? A Moral Perspective

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The Concept of Botho and HIV/AIDS in Botswana

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The Ethics of Medical Involvement in Capital Punishment

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Guarantees Execution of the Capital Punishment for Pregnant Women: A Comparative Study between Emirati and Jordanian Legislation

Guarantees Execution of the Capital Punishment for Pregnant Women: A Comparative Study between Emirati and Jordanian Legislation

Medicalization of Judicial Mode of Execution: A Critical Study in American Context

Should Prospective Students Be Tested for HIV/AIDS Prior to Overseas Scholarship Grants? A Moral Perspective

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