Abstract
Capital punishment is a well known, controversial and universal concept. Among all the issues that criminal punishment raises, none has been the subject of greater public controversy as death penalty. This paper has shown that death penalty is a constitutionally permissible form of punishment in Nigeria. The paper leans in favour of the abolitionist perspective by arguing that life imprisonment is as effective as the death penalty as a means of deterrence. For an effective analysis, this paper is divided into seven distinct but related subheadings, viz.: Introduction, Conceptual Clarifications, Historical Development of the Death Penalty in Nigeria, Modes of Executing Capital Punishment, Cruelty of Death Penalty, Constitutionality of Death Penalty and Conclusion.
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