Legborsi Tony-Francis

EXAMINATION OF ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF DEATH PENALTY IN NIGERIA

This article comprehensively examines the death penalty, its ethical, legal, and societal dimensions, with a focus on Nigeria. Despite its longstanding use as a punitive measure for capital offences, empirical evidence and global trends increasingly challenge its efficacy as a deterrent for achieving retributive justice. While the death penalty ret...