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It is a commonly held belief that the death penalty is a good deterrent to prevent heinous crimes. However, others believe that life long sentence is a better deterrent. Discuss both views

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It is widely accepted by many that
death
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 penalty is a suitable preventive action against the most terrible crimes though some state that
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a permanet
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permanet
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permanent
 sentence is more efficient.
This
 essay will discuss both ideas and will reason why
former
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the former
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 justification is not a valid decision. On the one hand, some assume that whoever
commit
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 a deadly crime must be reimbursed
by
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for
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 the same action. They claim
these kind
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this kind
these kinds
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 of people are not a useful entity in
the
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apply
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society and they should be eliminated from the public in order not to conduct
such
 heinous crimes again that they will do
otherwise
.
Although
 unacceptable harmful actions must be wiped out among human
being
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beings
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, people themselves should not be annihilated and rather must be reverted back to
the
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society with a safe attitude
afther
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after
 removing those deeds and ideas from their minds. All in all, a society is capable that
brings
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 them back to the family and public with no possible harm in the future.
On the other hand
, some state that executing
the
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criminals is not
a
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 efficient method of facing
with
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apply
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abnormalities in the countries and rather they have to
sentenced
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be sentenced
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 forever. They suppose that even though
this
 attitude
also
 includes some strict decisions, it is more beneficial for both
country
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the country
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 and
culprits
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the culprits
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. They say with
this
 action we have not damaged a family and individuals as we are not allowed to take one's freedom by nature and religion. In a nutshell,
this
 idea follows the human rights obligations and recommendations so as to provide space for future reform. In conclusion,
this
 essay discussed two different ideas regarding punishing criminals including hanging and prisoning in which the former believers confront criminals as strict as themselves and ask for revenge whilst the latter believers modify
this
 idea and give life
chance
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a chance
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 for them.
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Coherence and Cohesion
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Coherence and Cohesion
You have a clear essay structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion, which aids in understanding.
Task Achievement
Your essay addresses both views as the task requires, showing an attempt to provide a balanced discussion.

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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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