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The death penalty is the best way to control and reduce serious crime. To what extent do you agree?

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The death penalty is still practised in some parts of the world. It is believed, that it is the best way to reduce serious
crime
. If killing criminals really diminish cases of murder are discretionary. In some states of the United States of America and some other countries, serial killers still can get a deadly injection. Indeed, some governments are
also
 using the classical old electric chair, or they will hang them.
Firstly
,
this
 method might be used to scare criminals off to kill somebody. But I guess if a guy really wants to murder someone, nothing will stop him, not even the possibility to die for that
crime
. Because all people who planing a
crime
 believe they will never get caught. In my opinion, the death penalty is not the best way to reduce serious
crime
.
On the other hand
, we have to ask ourselves if a serial killer really deserves to live. But when the government kills criminals, it doesn't make them better than the killer itself.
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  • capital punishment
  • deterrent effect
  • sense of justice
  • closure
  • wrongful execution
  • life imprisonment
  • moral and ethical considerations
  • rehabilitation
  • financial and resource implications
  • desensitize
  • socio-economic biases
  • racial biases
  • retribution
  • crime rate
  • judicial system
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