Was the assassination of Osama Bin Laden correct?

After the assassination of Osama Bin Laden that occurred on 2 May 2011, a debate rose up around this incident, One side of the debate felt that the decision to assassinate Osama was correct, as he was a threat to countries and innocent citizens, but the other side maintained that Osama should have been given a fair trial, just like any other wrongdoer, as every human deserves the right to have a fair trial. I feel that the assassination was the correct decision, as Osama was a threat to the world, and him living would cause the al-Qaeda terrorist group to have hope. Additionally, Osama tarnished America's reputation as a superpower, as it managed to cause such a massive destruction and kill so many lives in the 911 incident.

Firstly, the reason why Osama should not live is that the fact that he is alive, can give hope to his terrorist group. the very aim of capturing Osama is to get rid of him so that al-Qaeda will be forced to disband due to the lack of a leader. However, if the USA actually just captured him, he can still inspire followers due to his very presence, and thus it will be impossible for al-Qaeda to disband. Therefore, Osama should be assassinated.

Another reason why he should be assassinated is that through the 911 tragedy, Osama and al-Qaeda had actually disgraced the USA's reputation as a super power, as they got affected so much by a terrorist group. If Osama was not killed, the USA would have shamed themselves even further, and thus the only way to repair their tarnished reputation for once and for all was to get rid of the leader of the group, who was Osama. Therefore, it was absolutely necessary for the USA to kill Osama.

Finally, Osama should be killed, as if he was merely captured, there would be a chance of him escaping again. This would motivate the al-Qaeda group to increase their rate of bombings on USA, which would not help anyone. In fact, the al-Qaeda may put so much pressure on the USA and cause them to actually release Osama. This would not be beneficial for anyone at all, and thus the simplest and quickest way was to kill Osama.