Executions of Criminals Should be Made Public.

I disagree with the notion that stiffer
penalties should be imposed to curb rising crime
rates.(Nst. 31st jan. 2005.)Criminals are mostly
uneducated and they do not study the latest law before
committing a crime.So its pointless to increase
stiffer penalties if they are unaware of it.
I think our Penal system should take a closer
look at Saudi Arabia and China.In Saudi Arabia, public
executions are a common thing and usually done after
friday prayers so that it will be shown to a wider
audience.In China, public executions of criminals are
carried out with a single bullet to the head and in a
public domain.That way would-be criminals would be
deterred as they can witness the consequences of their
action.With a population of 1.3 billion people, this
have to be an effective deterrent. Otherwise , China
would be in anachy.
What is the point of carrying out executions
behind close and secluded prisons where potential
criminals cannot witness the executions?It really
serve no purpose as a form of deterent.Criminals will
only be deterred if they are exposed to the executions
of other criminals.
Many people may consider it as barbaric and
uncivilise to have public executions but what about
the action of the criminals who rape, kill and murder
another person?Surely they are just as barbaric.The
only way to curb the rising crime rate is to have
public executions so that criminals are exposed to the
type of punishment they can expect if they commit a
crime.