Some people believe that there should be the death penalty for extreme serious crimes. Others believe that it is not morally correct to kill criminals. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

A highly controversial issue today relates to whether to have a

death

penalty

towards

Change preposition

for

show examples

criminals that

has

Change the verb form

have

show examples

acted on serious crime or not. In

this

essay

Add a comma

,essay

show examples

I am going to examine

this

question from both points of view and

then

explain why I believe that it is still crucial for the

penalty

system to have deaths as an option. There are

people

who argue that the benefits of

death

Correct article usage

the death

show examples

penalty

considerably outweigh its disadvantages. The main reason for believing

this

is that it is important for the criminals to pay the price of the act which they had taken. These criminals are

people

who have taken intolerable acts,

therefore

many believe that it is appropriate for

such

people

to take

according

Add the preposition

toaccording

show examples

penalties, even if

that is

a

death

sentence. It is

also

possible to say that,

by

Change preposition

apply

show examples

having extreme penalties as an option

it

Correct pronoun usage

apply

show examples

also

suppresses

people

from taking risky criminal acts. One good illustration of

this

is that in Japan the number of imprisonment is effectively low compared to other countries.

This

figure is thought to be in effect of Japan being one of few countries which

has

Change the verb form

have

show examples

the

death

penalty

.

On the other hand

, others believe that taking life away from individuals should not be a decision made by one another.

People

often hold

this

opinion tightly as many think that

death

is a decision made by fate. A

second

point is that allowing

such

authority to the police could be dangerous. A particularly good example here can be drawn out from past history

,

Remove the comma

apply

show examples

when the minority of the community were mass imprisoned and sentenced to

death

from the commands of the leaders. In conclusion, I believe both arguments have their merits. On balance,

however

, I feel that it is still important for countries to incorporate

death

penalties.

This

is because it gives out a clear message to the

people

on how extreme criminal acts are unforgiven.