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

Some people believe capital

punishment

is extremely useful for reducing serious

crime

, while others think that it is not,

however

, both points of view are worthy of discussion. On the one hand, the death penalty is partly useful for reducing heinous crimes since it will prevent some crimes to occur. Take China

for example

, where the death penalty is still working, and the

crime

rate is lower than in other countries without it. The fact is that people know that committing a certain heinous

crime

will receive a determinate

punishment

, so if the latter is severe enough people will avoid it.

On the other hand

,

this

kind of

punishment

is not wholly effective, as when the murderer is committing a

crime

, his brain is completely overcome with emotion and cannot think about the consequences. Take a case as an example, one person knows that he can’t kill anyone since he will be charged with the death penalty, but when he is fighting with the

next

enemy he will lose his mind and an extreme result outcome would be a heinous

crime

such

as murder. In conclusion, it could be said that capital

punishment

is partly effective to reduce serious crimes rate, but it is

also

too cruel for felons since it doesn’t give them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. As an alternative, life imprisonment could be a good choice.