A WORLDWIDE TENDENCY TO ABOLITION OF THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND RUSSIA

Authors:
LEPESHKINA Oksana L.
Abstract:

Presently there is an established tendency observed worldwide to repudiation of capital punishment, which shows the adherence of many states to basic, humanistic principles. By the end of 2013 108 from 198 states have abolished the death penalty de jure.
The problem of the institute of capital punishment in contemporary Russia is conditioned by formation of jural state with official recognition of priority of human rights. Life imprisonment is an adequate alternative to capital punishment.