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

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Every
crime
must have a
punishment
. Some people
argues
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regarding the
punishment
for a
crime
. Should circumstances in which
crime
has taken place be considered or fixed
punishment
be given for each
crime
.
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In my opinion,
situation
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the situation
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should be considered before taking any decision. One perspective says that applying fixed penalties is a good method as laws have been created for the
crime
culprit
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the culprit
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has
done
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committed
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. It will help us in developing fear in every citizen not to repeat similar
kind
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kinds
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of
crime
and society will be more safe.
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, In 2012 a girl was raped in
delhi
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and there were four
culprit
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culprits
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acccused
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accused
of that
crime
. Among those four, two of them were
minor
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minors
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so they were not punished as
other
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the other
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two
criminal
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criminals
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. Recently,
In west
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in West
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bengal
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bengal,
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a doctor was assaluted and brutally murdered by
multiples minor
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as they knew that they
will
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released and
will
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would
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not be brutally penalized.
However
,
sometime
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sometimes
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it is the situation that
force
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person
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a person
the person
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to commit a
crime
. A
crime
could have a reason behind it. To Illustrate, On 31st
december
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2021, some
thiefs
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things
thieves
enter
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entered
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our
neighbour
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house at
mid-night
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midnight
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and were trying to rob them and in
thier
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their
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self-defence
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self-defense
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self-defense,
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they killed
on
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one
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of the
thief
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thieves
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. So, Proper investigation is necessary before penalizing a person and
punishment
should be given after analyzing the circumstances in which the
crime
has
occured
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occurred
.
Same
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punishment
for all crimes can help us in making
safe
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a safe
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and secure society but innocent people will
also
be
penalzied
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penalized
penalised
for the unintentional
crime
they
did
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committed
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. So, In my
opinion
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opinion,
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proper investigation and
circumstanced
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circumstances
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should be considered before punishing them.
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