Some people believe that capital punishment should not be used. Others, however, argue that it should be allowed for the most serious crimes. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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It is thought by some people that capital
punishment
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should not be used. But
on the contrary
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, some people
also
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think that capital
punishment
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should be used for severe crimes like a sexual violation, assassination, sexual slavery, forced labour and so on because these crimes are said to be against humanity.
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with, capital
punishment
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means to sentence a
person
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to
death
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by the law.
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, a
person
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committed murder and when charged to court, the judge sentenced the
person
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to
death
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by hanging or electrocution. Truly, some people are against capital
punishment
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because they feel that no one has the night to sentence another
person
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to
death
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.
However
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, some people believe that
death
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should still serve as a
punishment
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for serious crimes.
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, people that commit murder, rape and human trafficking are mostly sentenced, stoned or electrocuted to
death
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because they are believed to have committed a crime against humanity.
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, some of
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this people
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this person
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that think capital
punishment
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should be used sometimes take laws into their hands.
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, it is generally known that anyone that steals, commits manslaughter, adultery and other little crimes are mostly put to
death
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immediately in countries like Iran, Arab and other Islamic countries. In conclusion, I feel that capital
punishment
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is cruel and should no longer be allowed into law most especially for countries like Iran where gross
punishment
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is rampant.
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, I
also
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think that since we didn't create people's lives we,
therefore
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, have no right to take their lives with or without the law.
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