사형확정자의 수용과 사형집행

A recent arrest of a notorious serial killer stimulates the public interest questioning maintenance or abolition of death penalty which has been stopped since 1988. Needless to say, there have been arguments for and against the death penalty system. Both of these views have reasonable grounds. These social atmospheres force the application and the abolition of a capital punishment to depend upon entirely the government policy decision. The execution of the death penalty is proceeded by hanging a prisoner at an execution ground inside the correctional facility. On this occasion the prisoner who is condemned to death is accommodated in pre-trial detention facilities and applied an edification program separated from other inmates until the date of execution. The practice of death penalty is carried out by the Justice Minister's order and the prosecutor’s supervision. The participants in the execution include the following: a prosecutor, a prosecution administration officer, the governor of a correctional facility, a doctor, and a religionist. The death sentence is performed through the identification interrogation by prosecution, written judgement declamation, a condemned will, and religious ceremonies (if desired). Even though the death penalty is the only option for the consideration of private revenge of the victim and safety and security of the society, it must be restrained as much as possible. In addition, it is necessary to come up with alternatives as an ultimate remedy for a criminal who is already sentenced the death penalty. From this point of view, it is urgently needed to examine the introduction of not only life sentence without a parole which means halfway between the life imprisonment and the death penalty, but also suspension of death penalty that is given a moratorium on its use.