Many people believe that having a fixed punishment for all crimes is more efficient. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a fixed punishment?

It is thought by many individuals that for reducing the

crime

rate it is better to have a determined law for all types of

crimes

.

While

there might be some potential benefits to doing

this

, my own view is that we would lose more than we gain. A multitude of potential advantages can be cited for having a certain

punishment

for all

crimes

,

one

of which could be that it can lead to a society with a lower

crime

rate. To be more precise, with people knowing the exact consequences of committing

crimes

, they would not allow themselves to perpetrate any kind of them, and

hence

, the

crime

rate would decline considerably. Not only that

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but having a certain law for all

crimes

could

also

make the procedure of sentencing faster. In broad terms, if there were determined punishments, judges would quickly assert their conclusions;

thus

, no extra time would be spent on

this

process. The above arguments notwithstanding, I wholeheartedly believe that the negative results of

this

approach will be devastating.

One

evident negative point to doing

this

is that different conditions of different people would be neglected.

In other words

, sometimes, some people do not want to commit a

crime

, and situations make them do that,

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therefore

, it would be wrong to punish them without considering the whole situation.

For instance

, if the

punishment

for killing someone is hanging, it will not be fair to hang someone who killed

one

person unintentionally. Another reason that it would be wrong to overlook is that

one

of the main duties of law is to find the motives behind

crimes

. By adopting

this

approach,

however

,

this

option probably would be lost because the

punishment

is known, and there would be no reason for pinpointing the motivation. In conclusion, even though it might be contended that having a defined, fixed

punishment

might result in reducing

crime

, my firm conviction is that potential plus points pale in significance compared to the disadvantages.