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Without capital punishment (the death penalty) our lives are less secure and crimes of violence increase. Capital punishment in essential to control violence in society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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Some individuals argue that the death penalty controls serious felonies
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 taking place and increase
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 security. The paragraphs below will outline a strong agreement with
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 statement, as it diminishes the number of offenders returning to social living and impedes the remaining ones of offending.
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 with, the main reason why I think that the maintenance of the death penalty in society is important is due to the fact that it would avoid felony perpetrators
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 to social living.
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, serious transgressions
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 as rape, murder, kidnapping and
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 have
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 rate of relapse in the
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 months after liberation, indicating that these criminals might probably repeat their crime. As a permanent solution, the capital punishment institution would decrease the possibility of meeting a former
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prisoner
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 were classified as heinous,
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, our lives would be more secure.
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, another reason why I deem
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 capital punishment institution to control the numbers of offenders is
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 it would encourage people to hesitate before committing a transgression. Psychologically speaking, people who have committed any of the above-mentioned criminal wrongdoings are mainly diagnosed as sociopaths that are not capable of
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understanding
 other people's feelings, assisting them to not feel guilty or regret after hurting someone deeply.
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, sociopaths are able to fear for themselves.
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, the death penalty is
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 fundamental to control crimes of violence by the fear of dying as a consequence. To conclude, I strongly agree that without capital punishment, living in
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 would be less secure and more serious
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 would take place, as it would possibly liberate criminals whose crimes have
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 relapse rate and fear of
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 would not be
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 stopping sociopaths.
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