Some people advocate the death penalty for those who committed violent crimes. Others say that capital punishment is unacceptable in contemporary society.Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the death penalty and give your opinion.

Crimes

have become an integral part of everyone's life. A variety of

crimes

exist all over the world and people are of the opinion that the

death

penalty should be announced for heinous

crimes

committed by an individual in the court of law. In

this

essay, I partly agree with

this

statement as

crimes

should be distinguished and

accordingly

the punishment should be allocated. There has been quite a series of violent

crimes

committed which gives us goosebumps when we hear about it. The mentality of

such

people is

such

that they want to create a state of fear among others or want to let everyone know what they are capable of.

For instance

, a girl was gang-raped in a local train by fifteen men or a man killed his wife on the basis of the assumption that she was having an extra-marital affair with their neighbour.

Such

crimes

should be taken into consideration and the immediate

death

penalty should be allocated as it would stop

further

crime in the country.

However

, there may be some

crimes

that are committed due to self-defence. There was an instance in India where a woman was assaulted by her husband and her in-laws on a daily basis with respect to dowry. The woman killed her husband in trying to protect herself from

further

assault.

Hence

,

such

crimes

should not be considered violent and she should be given the benefit of the doubt for committing

such

a crime. The mental level of an individual is been hammered to take

such

a step towards crime. In conclusion, I would like to state that violent

crimes

may be committed but the reason behind committing those

crimes

should

also

be taken into consideration before advocating the

death

penalty.

Also

, people should be made aware of the consequence and the effect they would have mentally and physically on those who have been given

death

penalties without knowing the real facts behind it.