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Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Others, however, argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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There are different opinions among
people
 regarding
crime
 and
punishment
.
While
 fixed
punishment
 can help to
avoid
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 some crimes from being committed like paedophilia, I fully believe that the circumstance and motivation of each case must be leaned before giving the sentence since some individuals commit a
crime
 unintentionally. On the one hand, implementing a stable sentence for some heavy crimes like paedophilia will reduce the number of cases. Knowing the
consequence
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 of their behaviour elder
people
 can difficulty go to bed with young individuals who are under 18.
According to
 a statistic, published recently by the Italian government, the number of
people
 going to bed with underage
people
 reduced since the implementation of a new heavier
punishment
.
On the other hand
, there are some cases in which a father killed unintentionally his son or in an accident a person was killed by a car because
this
 person crossed the road in
a
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the
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 wrong place. In
such
 situations, it cannot be given a fixed
punishment
 without learning the circumstance. In another situation where even, a
crime
 is committed intentionally there will be still some issues to be evaluated before giving the final sentence.
For example
, about 7 years ago, a similar case happened with my neighbour, He was working as a security at an industrial site, and during the night in order to defend himself from criminals who entered the site, he hit them with a piece of iron
as a result
 one of them died. The court gave him a lighter
punishment
 as he
was
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 not planned to kill the man beforehand. In conclusion, despite the fact that some
people
 strongly support the idea of implementing a fixed
punishment
 for a
crime
, I fully believe that the situation and motivation under which a
crime
 is committed must be taken into consideration before giving a
punishment
.
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