The fact that this form of punishment is irreversible also makes it unsuitable as a form of punishment. Should a revision of the case be done and it is discovered that there was an error during the process of prosecution, there is nothing that can be done to reverse the decision as the person will already have been killed. A form of punishment that is not flexible enough to allow for reversion when need be is not good and should be scrapped off (Pojman, 2008).

We must also agree that the law of an arm for an arm and a life for a life does not quite apply here. Whenever a crime is committed, the judicial system usually will issue a judgment that is not only meant to punish the criminal but also sort of compensate the victim of the crime. However, in this particular case, taking a criminal to the gallows and killing them by hanging will not bring the person whom the criminal killed back to life. Two wrongs do not make a right. The rule of an eye, a tooth for a tooth is thus least applicable here (Pojman, 2008).