Write about the following topic: Some people advocate the death penalty for those who committed violent crimes. Others say that capital punishment is unacceptable in contemporary society.Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the death penalty and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Many think that people who committed violent crimes must be sentenced to
death
while many others contend that
death penalty
Suggestion
the death penalty
should no longer be tolerated in the modern
society
. It is true capital punishment is against the basic human
right
of
life especially
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life, especially
if the convict might be found innocent later,
however
, I it
believe
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believes
that it has considerable social and economic benefits on the whole
community
. Some people are against
death
sentence
because the
right
to
life
is a basic
right
as indicated by the Human Rights declaration. If somebody is found guilty of a violent crime,
then
they still deserve a
second
chance. Their rehabilitation could prove more beneficial to the
society
.
In addition
, one main disadvantage is that a potentially innocent convict will lose their
life
.
For example
,
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,
Tony Rogers, was found innocent 10 years after he was sentenced to
death
in
pennsylvania
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Pennsylvania
Maintaining the
death
penalty benefits the
community
socially and economically.
Firstly
, capital it will deter people from committing violent crimes
such
as murders. When people are aware that they could lose their lives if they kill other members of the
society even
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society, even
if unintentionally, they will be more careful and think twice before letting their anger, jealousy, greed and other negative feelings control their actions.
This
will help decrease the number of crimes and overall the rate of violence in the
community
. Another reason why
death
sentence
is advantageous to the
society
is that it will relieve taxpayers from the financial load of
life
sentence
.
Prisoners especially
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Prisoners, especially
if serving a
life
sentence
cost the government huge amounts of money to provide for the establishments, nutrition, healthcare services and other needs. It will
also
also
save money paid to recruit high security members to guard very dangerous criminals. To conclude,
although
nobody has the
right
to deprive a person from their
life
, I believe that capital punishment benefits the
community
by decreasing the number of murders and by saving huge amounts of money that could go to
healthcare
Suggestion
health care
and education.
Submitted by Samia Tunsi on

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