Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Others, however, argued that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both point of view and give your own opinion.
There are mixed views when it comes to whether fixed or flexible punishments should be used in ruling criminal offences.
This
essay seek
to discuss both assertions, in favour of the latter.
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seeks
one
hand, the use of standard judgements can be useful in exercising fairness and upholding consistency in the courts. When an individual commits an offence for example
poaching of wild animals an already known sentence should be imposed. If for one
crime different consequences are given, this
might raise suspicions that the legal system is biased and therefore
gives room for corruption. Mandatory punishment is essential for the sake of equality among different individuals
On the other hand
, some argue that circumstances surrounding the offence should be investigated in order to determine the appropriate sentence. For
example
two individuals may steal from a grocery shop. Add a comma
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One
being
a Change the form of the verb
is
first
time offender and the other found
to be connected to other pilferage offences. The Add a missing verb
is found
first
time offender may be given a lesser punishment as compared to the who
is a Correct pronoun usage
one who
seriel
thief. Correct your spelling
serial
In
addition
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,addition
one
may arm himself for the purpose to cause harm or kill another person. The other may kill a person mistakenly in a car accident. in both cases
murder was Add a comma
,cases
commited
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committed
however
on
different Change preposition
in
scenerios
. Correct your spelling
scenarios
Hence
an analysis to
the circumstance leading to the wrongdoing should be done to give Change preposition
of
a
adequate consequence.
In conclusion, flexible punishments are more Change the article
an
convinient
than fixed punishments. It is apparent that some people may get involved in crimes unintentionally and some premeditate and have it planned to Correct your spelling
convenient
commite
an offence. Exercising flexible measures would make sure that each person gets a sentence they deserve.Correct your spelling
commit
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