Some people believe that there should be the death penalty for extremely serious crimes. Others believe that it is not morally correct to kill criminals. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

At present
era
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death penalty is
anti
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apply
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against whether to have or not. In
this
essay
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I am going to discuss both the points and
then
explain why I believe.
Firstly
there are
people
who argue that the benefits of killing
of
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criminals considerably outweigh its
advantage
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. The main reason for believing that
this
is some special cases like committing rap on toddlers,
that is
not at all acceptable and
people
expect immediate
justice
, in
such
scenario
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, I strongly believe that
death
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penalty is the appropriate
justice
for it.
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I have read news in the
news paper
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newspaper
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four guys
are
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attempted
rap
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to rap
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on six years
old
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six-year-old
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girl, the government found those guys and the final
justice
was death.
On the other
hand
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others believe that, if any crime
is happened
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happens
has happened
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people
say that, criminals should be given time to counsel
him
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to change, some kind of
therapies
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, should be investigated, why they have
done
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, what initiated them to do
this activities
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and should take preventive measures, so that similar incidents will not
takes
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place again, punishing the criminal not only gives the solution it is responsible to take preventive measures is more appropriate.
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educating the
people
from the school itself about etiquette
to
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boys and,
also
providing
self defence
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technic to all the girls. In
conclusion
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conclusion,
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I believe both arguments have their merits.
However
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I believe that immediate
justice
always
satisfy
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the victim.
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