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

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In recent times,
death
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penalty
 has become a debatable topic, the main advantage of
this
 topic is that it would help to mitigate the
crime
 rate and the main drawback is that it can affect the economy, in
this
 essay, I will discuss both sides. On the on hand, the
crime
 rate has been increasing, it is a devastating problem people have to concern
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 capital punishment plays a crucial role in its society, there are common advantages, which contribute to us, the main benefit is that it would help to minimize the
crime
 rate in the nation if the authority
establish
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 the
death
penalty
, promote awareness about punishments and danger of rule obviously that way, people will more conscious about the danger of
this
 rules
as a result
, the community would stop to negative activities.
For instance
, in Saudi Arabia, the
death
penalty
 has been implemented, Since it helps to mitigate their
crime
 rates over the period
furthermore
 the
next
 generation will learn lessons from these rules and regulations,
it
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 would aid
to
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 certainty personality development.
On the other hand
, the main disadvantage of
this
 phenomenon is that it would affect the economy because the government spend money on court session and
death
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penalty
 process because it is a huge expenditure on the economy as a consequence, people would experience
financial
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 crisis
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Advocates
  • Capital punishment
  • Contemporary society
  • Violent crimes
  • Deterrence
  • Retribution
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Imprisonment
  • Innocent
  • Unethical
  • Inhumane
  • Misuse
  • Legal systems
  • Heinous crimes
  • Closure
  • Moral concerns
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