Death penalty is still practiced in jurisdiction system of many countries. Some people believe that this type of punishment should be abolished. However, others are of opposite opinion. Discuss both sides of this debate and give your own opinion.

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While
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the death penalty is legal in several countries,
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always be people who
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to cancel
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"barbarian" rule,
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will be who support
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kind of
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. There are several arguments on both sides of
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very sensitive issue, and I will discuss them now. On the one hand, opponents of
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penalty note that capital
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is disturbing human moral rights, and it is basically a wrong way to
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revenge .
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,
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of
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for the most dangerous criminals is old, even
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if that
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that
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offender is incorrigible and contradictions of that system suggest reform or
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a new
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system.
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, we do not give the prisoners a second chance to change.
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, many cases had been when the real criminal escaped
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trial and the innocent soul of
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claimed to
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of false claims.
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, advocates of
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this
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is the most humane way to get rid of a person who does not have moral ethics.
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this
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person
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people
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who
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committed
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cruel
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crimes
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against society never
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to normal life, and
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such
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kind of threat to people.
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, capital
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is that they
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people an idea of what the law is capable of doing and the criminal can never escape from the
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no matter who.
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, we can say that capital
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is the harsh reality of our world.
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, on one hand, it decreases the crime rate and on the other violates many human rights.
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, all these types of
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are not justifying and
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the government
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must find an alternative for it.
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Ensure that your essay fully addresses the prompt and provides a balanced discussion of both sides of the debate. Support your arguments with specific examples, and avoid jumping to conclusions in your closing statements.
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    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • capital punishment
  • jurisdiction
  • deterrent
  • morality
  • rehabilitation
  • wrongful convictions
  • innocence
  • retribution
  • ethical dilemmas
  • life sentence
  • judicial system
  • human rights
  • lethal injection
  • electric chair
  • justice
  • penal system
  • recidivism
  • appeal process
  • clemency
  • miscarriage of justice
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