Some people think that having a set retirement age (e.g. 65 years) for everybody, regardless of occupation, is unfair. They believe that certain workers deserve to retire and receive a pension at an early age. Do you agree or disagree? Which types of workers do you think should benefit from early retirement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

The ultimate

punishment

is

death

. Capital

punishment

is administered when an individual is convicted of committing serious crimes where people were killed. The

death

penalty

is a very heated topic. Arguments are made through moral, economic, and practical perspectives. Many points,

such

as whether the

death

penalty

deters crime,

are argued

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both ways by research, making the

death

penalty

a very complex and difficult topic. The

death

penalty

’s many arguments provide for two clear sides, and while both sides have very valuable data and extensive points, in my opinion, the

death

penalty

should not be abolished.

Firstly

, the execution of the murderer serves as an act of

justice

. According to

procon

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Procon

procaine

.

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Org

, Edward Feser, PhD, and Joseph M. Bessette, PhD, stated the following in their article “Why the

Death

Penalty

Is Still Necessary” at The Catholic World Report website: “In another way, to sentence the most brutal and conscienceless murderers to less than

death

would fail to do

justice

because the

penalty

– presumably a long period in

prison

– would be grossly disproportionate to the heinousness of the crime. Prosecutors, jurors, and the loved ones of

murder

victims understand

this

essential point…” The decision on whether or not there should be an execution

also

has an immense impact on the victim’s loved ones. The suffering of the victim’s family is immeasurably increased, knowing that the person who murdered their family member and who, in many cases, inflicted unimaginable terror – is alive and being cared for. Of course, putting the murderer to

death

doesn’t bring back their loved one, but it sure does provide some sense of

justice

.

Secondly

, the society doesn’t have the duty to pay for a murderer’s whole

life

in jail. It is very expensive to hold someone in

prison

for

life

. On average, prisoners stay in

prison

for 30 to 40 years at a cost of $40,000 to $50,000 per year. It seems unfair that we taxpayers are paying for a psychopathic killer’s living expenses. Many opponents of capital

punishment

believe that killing murderers is the same as

murder

, and that eliminating them would be

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avenged

on behalf of the victim’s family.

However

, people often confuse retribution with revenge. Vengeance signifies inflicting harm on the offender out of anger because of what he has done. Retribution is the rationally supported theory that the criminal

deserves

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Deserves

a

punishment

fitting the gravity of his crime. People who support the abolition of the

death

sentence

also

argue that keeping murderers alive sanctifies the value of human

life

. But the opposite is true. Keeping every murderer alive cheapens human

life

because it belittles

murder

. Society teaches how bad an action is by the

punishment

it metes out. Imagine that the

punishment

for

murder

were the same as the

punishment

for driving over the speed limit. Wouldn’t that disparage

murder

and thereby devalue the importance of one’s

life

? Other arguments against capital

punishment

include the claim that an innocent person may be executed.

However

,

although

this

argument may be sincerely held, it’s not entirely honest.

This

assertion implies that opponents of capital

punishment

oppose the

death

penalty

even when there is absolute proof of the

murderers’

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murderer’s

guilt. And now, with DNA testing and other advanced forensic tools, it is virtually impossible to execute an innocent person. In conclusion, the

death

penalty

should not be abolished because it shows the hand of

justice

to the worst criminals, like terrorists.

Moreover

, it is certainly ridiculous that we have to pay for a convict’s

life

in

prison

while we can just get rid of the threat imposed by him with execution.

Nonetheless

, the debate over the

death

penalty

will surely continue as more research is done and new information is available.