North Korea's Legal Tradition Of Juke

North Korea’s legal tradition of Juche does make a difference in how the country has chosen to deal with the issue of capital punishment. Juche was indoctrinated by North Korean officials in order to ensure that the public always relied on the state and never became more powerful or influential of the state. The authorities of North Korea feared that if the people became more powerful than the country than the nation would become weak and eventually overruled by the general public. In other words, the state is fearful of losing authority and public allegiance, which plays an important role in North Korea’s current governmental actions.