Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each crime. Others, however, argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

To reduce the

crime

rate, it is important to establish critical

punishments

for

crimes

. While some

people

think that

punishments

for each

crime

should be the same, others believe that it should be decided based on several factors

such

as the

motivation

and nature of the

crime

. In

this

essay, I will discuss both views and explain why I believe that punishment should not be fixed for each

crime

.

To begin

with, it is irrefutable that

people

would be afraid to commit

crimes

if

punishments

for those

crimes

are fixed. Since

people

would refrain from doing any kind of wrong-doings as they know that they would

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up in prison or be penalized regardless of the nature of the

crime

.

For example

, currently, the punishment for an individual who has stolen an item from a grocery shop would be minimal whereas a

person

who has stolen a bank would end up in prison. Because of

this

reason, individuals tend to steal grocery items as they do not afraid of penalties so that the only way to ameliorate these activities is to establish a fixed penalty similar to a

person

who has done a bank robbery.

However

, it is incontrovertible that establishing

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punishment for everyone without considering reasons and

motivation

would be unfair. Even though some individuals have committed a

crime

, their intention was not to commit it but has done due to unavoidable circumstances.

For instance

, when a criminal is trying to murder an innocent

person

and he/she tries to self-defence himself, and if the criminal get hurts or killed during the action,

then

the innocent

person

should not be treated as a criminal as his/her

motivation

was self-defence to save his/her life from the criminal. Even though the outcome of a

crime

is the same,

punishments

for the

crime

should be decided based on the circumstances and the motivations. In summary, it is important to control

crimes

with critical

punishments

as it helps to improve the living condition of society. While some

people

believe that each wrong-doing should have fixed penalties, others myself included think that it is important to decide it based on

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motivation

and circumstances.