TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION .......................................................................................................... i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................. ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................ iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENT .............................................................................................. v
LIST OF INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS .................................................... vii
LIST OF CASES ....................................................................................................... viii
CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................... 1
1.0INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1
l.l.BACKGROUND OF DEATH PENALTY .......................................................... 3
1.2.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................... 4
1.3.0BJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ......................................................................... 5
1.4.HYPOTHESIS, ................................................................................................. 5
1.5.SCOPE OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................... 5
1.6.IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY ....................................................................... 5
1. 7.METHODOLOGY: ........................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................... 7
LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................... 7
2.0. Death penalty in Uganda ..................................................................................... 7
2.2 International views on the death penalty .......................................................... 17
CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................... 19
3.0 ARGUMENT FOR AND AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY .................... 19
3.1 REASON AGAINST ABOLITION DEATH PENALTY IN UGANDA ........ 19
3.1.1 The deterrence theory ...................................................................................... 19
3.1.2 The death penalty is a harsh punishment, but it is not harsh on crime ...... 21
3.1.3 The retribution justice theory ......................................................................... 23
3.1.4. The Prevention theory ..................................................................................... 25
3.1.5. The Populist theory ......................................................................................... 26
3.1.6 Democracy ......................................................................................................... 27
3.1. 7 Threat of International Terrorism .................................................................. 28
3.2. Reasons for abolition of the death penalty ....................................................... 28
3.2.1 Justice system is not fallible ............................................................................. 29
3.2.2 Death penalty is Barbaric ................................................................................ 31
3.2.3 Violation of Human Rights .............................................................................. 34
3.2.4 A tool of repression: ......................................................................................... 35
3.2.5. It is Unconstitutional. ...................................................................................... 36
3.2.6 Inequality ........................................................................................................... 37
CHAPTER FOUR ..................................................................................................... 39
4.0. IMPORTANT LAWS ON DEATH PENALTY .............................................. 39
4.1. International law ................................................................................................. 39
4.1.1 Constitutional law: ........................................................................................... 45
4.1.2 Criminal law; .................................................................................................... 47
4.1.3 Martial law ........................................................................................................ 48
4.1.4 Sharia law .......................................................................................................... 49
4.1.5 The Death Penalty and the Right to life ......................................................... 49
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4.1.6 The Prohibition against torture, cruel, degrading and inhuman form of
punishment ................................................................................................................. 52
CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................... 59
5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ............................................... 59
5.1. RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 59
5.2 The challenges ...................................................................................................... 59
5.3 Education .............................................................................................................. 60
5.3.1 Moratorium and partial abolition ................................................................... 60
5.3.2 Reduction of capital offences ........................................................................... 61
5.3.3 Mandatory death penalty: ............................................................................... 62
5.3.4 Constitutional litigation ................................................................................... 64
5.3.5 A need for practical right of appeal. ............................................................... 65
5.3.6 Addressing the socio-economic factors ........................................................... 66
5.3. 7 Alternative of life imprisonment. .................................................................... 66
5.4. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 67
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................... 69
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TAMBUA, CEASER "Death Penalty And The Right To Life: A Critical Analysis" Afribary. Afribary, 03 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/death-penalty-and-the-right-to-life-a-critical-analysis. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
TAMBUA, CEASER . "Death Penalty And The Right To Life: A Critical Analysis". Afribary, Afribary, 03 Jun. 2021. Web. 15 Oct. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/death-penalty-and-the-right-to-life-a-critical-analysis >.
TAMBUA, CEASER . "Death Penalty And The Right To Life: A Critical Analysis" Afribary (2021). Accessed October 15, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/death-penalty-and-the-right-to-life-a-critical-analysis