The death penalty should be available as a punishment for serious crimes. To what extent do you agree?

Crime

is an rife nowadays. With the advent of the 21st century the

crime

performed by people is

also

inclining at par. Some people opine that capital

punishment

should be given to the offenders who commit vicious

crime

. Whether

death

punishment

should be imposed or not is a topic of discussion.

However

, I am of the opinion that the type of

punishment

given to criminal depends on his

crime

's severity.

This

essay will analyse both the situations along with an opinion. The predominant reason to favour capital

punishment

is its nature to deter criminals. It has been observed that

death

punishment

for heinous crimes will act as a deterrent to offenders. As a consequence inmate is forced to think twice before committing any illicit activity. The fear of being prosecuted will surely declines the rate of

crime

.

For instance

, in U.S. The

crime

rate decreased by 40% after imposing capital

punishment

for serious offences.

Secondly

, capital

punishment

for serious crimes will save a lot of time and money. It has been noticed that every time the government need to spend a lot of time and money over convicted person for a hearing that could

otherwise

be directed for use in much needed services like education and health. On the flip side, it can be argued that

this

method should be banned. One important point is miscarriages of justice. There have been a multitude of miscarriages of justice happened recently where the criminal has been found innocent. So in these cases, the

death

penalty is unfair verdict. One good illustration is found in Korea, where a person was found innocent after he convicted to

death

.

Secondly

, rehabilitation, education can be considered as the alternatives of

this

punitive service. By educating an offender or providing rehabilitated services, a gruesome criminal may become a civilized person of the society after getting released from prison.

For instance

, life imprisonment can act as a better

punishment

for them. After leaving prison, the criminals can earn a good job and start their new life. To recapitulate, I would like to say that capital

punishment

has its own benefits, but

this

is not the best solution to decline the rate of

crime

and punish the inmate. Some other alternatives are

also

available which can be adopted to overcome the

crime

problem.