Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of 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 views and give your opinion.

Crime

is one of the vigorously discussed topics in many countries. In order to increase the efficiency of judgement, a segment of society is convinced that each type of

crime

should have a fixed

punishment

. Others,

however

, believe that

crime

circumstances

should play a key role when deciding on the

punishment

. The following paragraphs will highlight both views and explain why

crime

circumstances

require an individual approach for each and every

case

. To commence with, if every type of criminal act had a fixed

punishment

, judgement efficiency would be improved and people would not get away from punishments by making false

circumstances

to get less severe sentences.

For example

, two people who committed a murderer would get 20 years of prison sentence equally. In

this

case

, judges and others would not have to spend time investigating the

case

.

As a result

,

this

would

also

deter other potential murderers, because they would know precisely about the

punishment

for their actions. Alternatively, a fixed

punishment

system is not as logical as it seems. Because every

crime

has individual

circumstances

.

Therefore

, it would be wrong to give the same sentence,

for instance

, to someone who committed a murderer trying to defend themselves after being abducted and someone else who did it intentionally. It is obvious that the former

case

should not involve any

punishment

.

Thus

, I believe that judges should consider

crime

circumstances

in the

first

place. To conclude,

although

fixed punishments have a few benefits, their significant drawback as possible injustice towards innocent people should not be ignored. I believe that every

crime

should be investigated and judges should consider the

circumstances

.