Some people feel that there should be a fixed punishment for each type of crime. Others feel that the circumstances of an offence should be taken into account when deciding on a punishment.

It is true that all criminals must be punished. While, some people believe that each criminal should be punished fixedly in their

case

that they commit, I agree with those who think that at the moment of reaching a verdict, the circumstances of

infraction

Suggestion

the infraction

infractions

should be taken into consideration. Some people might think that fixed punishment can act as a deterrent to decrease the rate

case

.

That is

to say, advocates of

such

an idea think that, If a person who plans to commit a crime knows what kind of retribution expects him for his deed, he can change his mind. Take a shoplifter

for example

, who will be afraid of even stealing a small item the price of which is insignificant, thinking about the fact that he will serve sentence of the same period as a bank robber, which could be many years.

Moreover

, the single type sanction can accelerate the process of jurisdiction in criminal cases.

In other words

, if the main details are known to the judge, he can reach a verdict immediately, not requiring any additional details of the

case

.

However

, while punishing a criminal the circumstances in which the

infraction

was committed has to be taken into account for some reasons.

Firstly

, the motive of

case

can be different and

thus

it would not be fair,

for example

, to sentence two different murderers the same period in prison when one of them accidentally killed someone as a self-defence, while the other one is a hardened criminal.

Secondly

, criminal record of a person who did scandal must be

also

taken into account and especially for hardened criminals the punishment should be more severe.

Finally

, depending on the level of the repercussion of the

infraction

in terms of damage to society, not all same type crimes can be punished equally. During a bank robbery investigation,

for instance

, it must be clearly identified how much money was stolen, what was the extent of the damage to the bank and its customers and so on. To summarise,

although

fixed punishment can deter many crimes, details

such

as reason of

case

, crime history of an offender and rate of impact of the

infraction

on society are essential to be considered to reach a fair verdict.