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 on the punishment. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Severity

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The severity

of penalties

is

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has been

a highly discussed topic since centuries. It is thought by many people that criminals done

same actions

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the same actions

should be punished equally without taking into consideration their motives or other relative circumstances.

However

, it is suggested by the others that the motive behind each individual carrying out wrongful action, their situation and condition should be considered when giving punishment. In my opinion, even though fixed penalties may seem to have contributed to the encouragement of

equality

, regarding each individual's own condition when punishing the unlawful behaviour provides more just environment. Supporters of fixed penalties argue that in order to promote

equality

among wrongdoers there is a need to charge each of them by the same punishment. The judges might act

arbitrarly

in a random manner

arbitrarily

arbitrary

and sometimes defectively when making a decision.

This

happens when rulers give much more importance to their feelings than the existing fact.

Moreover

, there is a limited knowledge regarding the problem encountered.

In other words

, the

court

is merely aware of the information which has shown them

at

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in

the courtroom.

This

may lead to false judgement and

therefore

inaccurate penalties.

Furthermore

, the

court

decisions may be appealed by the other party and

as a result

higher

court

reverses that judgement. Take,

for example

, a conducted study suggests that 38 percent of the

judgments

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judgment

reversed

last

year in Russia.

On the other hand

, the

consept

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

concept

concepts

of

equality

and the justice are not always overlap, the latter is a far wider and complex term. Every criminal has

different motivation

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different motivations

a different motivation

and purpose of conducting a

crime

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criminal

.

Therefore

, treating them equally would contribute to the disruption of our morality and understanding of

equality

by culminating in unfairness.

For example

, a child who stole some milk from the supermarket and the person who steals some perfume or clothes should be punished

distictively

in an identifiably distinctive manner

distinctively

, even the acts have the same name as theft from the perspective of law.

Otherwise

, the society would be

effected

acted upon; influenced

affected

poorly. In conclusion, despite the possibility of the

court

's emotional ruling and

thus

necessity

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the necessity

to prohibit those unfair conclusions, I believe that flexible and variable decisions better serve for justice and the existing moral values in a society.