Friday, 12 December 2014

To be hanged till Death.....?????

This article is not related to whether we should have capital punishment or not. But it’s about how to execute the capital punishment. I strongly consider the capital punishment by hanging till death should be abolished or at least option should be given to convict whether his execution should be done by hanging or “By donating maximum possible organs till death”.

Yes that’s correct...... I strongly believe the capital punishment execution should be done by donating maximum possible organ till death; excluding brain (It can be used for research and scientific study). If you look at the demand and supply of Organs (especially heart) there is huge deficit. This will not solve the problem but it’s like maximum utilisation of available resources! But more than that if you look from religious point of view it will help the convict to reduce his/her sin; by giving life / quality life to few people.

Now there may be debate whether patient or the family members will accept organs from such donor, this may be left to their conscious. If organs are not accepted it should be used for research and scientific study. But one has to understand that punishment is always given for the evil deeds and not to the body. Scientifically these conventional thought doesn’t have any relevance. From religious point of view when soul leaves the body; the body loose the relevance to his/her persona and it is just a dead body. So there is no harm to accept organs from such convicts. Just a thought, how much knowledge does the patient or his / her family have when they accept organs from other normal donors.

From legal and medical aspect once the person’s brain is dead he is declared dead so it doesn’t make any sense to other alive organs. Hence execution should be done by simple medically removing his / her Heart which will result in this death; giving us alive heart for transplantation other relevant organs should be also removed as per medical procedure. Necessary amendments to law and adequate security & medical arrangements will be required to implement it. 

Hence strongly feels this thought is win-win for both patient & convict from Medical, Religious, Legal & Humanitarian point of view.

To be Hanged Donate Organ till Death.........

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