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Without capital punishment, our lives are less secure and crimes increase continuously. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

#punishment #lives #crimes
Some people advocate that the crime rates have been rising because capital
punishment
 no longer exists and as a
result
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 the level of
security
 is dropping as well. I disagree with
this
 statement since
death
 won'
t
 be punished for every criminal.
In contrast
, it might be unfair and it might break the balance between crime and justice.
Firstly
, capital
punishment
 doesn'
t
 hold justice together by just itself and
death
 won'
t
 be enough for some criminals to get educated or feel upset about what they have done. It will let them free from the guilt which they will experience while they in prison.
Therefore
, one kind of
punishment
 couldn'
t
 hurt the
security
 level we have at the present.
Furthermore
, the
death
 sentence isn'
t
 convenient for all the crimes in the world.
Secondly
, capital
punishment
 is still applied in some countries.
However
, when we look at the crime rates of that countries we can easily see that they are still increasing.
Therefore
, it would be wrong to think that the increasing crimes are related to the absence of a
death
 sentence. On top of that, the public should trust the honesty of the judges and juries. But with capital
punishment
 how can we be sure that it was the right thing to do in order to maintain
security
?
Moreover
, if a judge will decide to end someone's life, what would be the difference between the judge and the murderer who is judging at that time in the court? To summarize, some people advocate that our
security
 levels are decreasing and crimes are increasing since the absence of capital
punishment
. I firmly disagree with
this
 because
death
 won'
t
 be appropriate as
punishment
 in our advanced world.
Also
, it wouldn'
t
 be fair if we decide to kill when we are judging them.
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