Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Others, however argue that the circumstances of an individual crime and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding the punishment. Discuss both the views and give your opinion.

In recent times, crimes that are happening in the society are at alarming levels and the courts are working round the clock to deliver

justice

. Certain sections of the society think that the punishments should be served according to the crimes they commit.

However

, there are others who disagree with

this

notion and they contemplate that it is essential to know the entire picture and the reasons behind the crimes. Only that serves the purpose before delivering the

justice

. In

this

essay, I shall list down the happenings from both the views with my opinion inclined towards the latter. On the one hand, there were various judgments which have been delivered based on the sheer publicity without fully knowing the gravity of the

crime

.

For example

, there are several less fortunate individuals who have served longer duration, behind the bars because of the false cases made against them. These people come from the marginalised sections of the society, who have no access to legal aid. When these people are falsely prosecuted, they end up losing their youthfulness in serving the prison sentences. The reason is, the

justice

served is blindly equated to the crimes committed, rather than assessing the severity of the

crime

and failure to investigate whether the individual is really guilty.

On the other hand

, there are various demonstrations happening in most of the sections in our societies, to streamline laws

such

that punishments should be delivered only after carefully assessing the nature of the

crime

.

For example

, if an adolescent is constantly abused for years, his psyche would be

surely

to a great degree

sorely

affected which would indulge him to commit some of the gravest crimes against the people who had abused him. Had

such

people been raised and treated properly, their life would have yielded fruition just like everyone. That’s the reason, some of the criminal justices were corrected, when

the

people in general

they

prosecuted goes for a re-appeal against the injustice delivered to him, as he was not guilty. To recapitulate, the delivered

justice

should not be considered as a travesty of

justice

.

Therefore

, the judges should not always go by the rule book before writing sentences. They need to carefully assess the seriousness of the

crime

as well the evidences to deliver their sentence. As every innocent life is precious, not to be wasted behind the bars which is

also

an injustice.