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Without Capital punishment our lives are less secure and crimes of violence increase. Capital punishment is essential to control violence in society. To what extent you agree or disagree?

[예시문]

Some people are totally in favour of capital punishment as they reckon it could be the perfect deterrent and the only way of reaching higher levels of safety and lower levels of crimes of violence, such as rapes or murders. On the other hand some others claim that the death penalty is to win over crimes. These individuals are also adamant that tolerance and respect for life are the most important values ever. 

Capital punishment is not only legally enforced in underdeveloped countries where there may be very radical views in relation to crimes, but also in developed countries. A clear example of this is the USA, where the death penalty is enforced in many states and has its highet rates. The State of Texas, in particular, is at the top of the list in terms of number of execution per year and strongly supports this measure against crimes, especially those committeed by serial killers and those involving children. Nonetheless, the crime rates in Texas do not show a tendency to reduce because of the application of capital punishment, and on top of this it is often claimed that this type of penalty is a discriminatory practise against the less advantaged portion of the population, such as Afro-American communities.

Personally, I do not believe that capital punishement is the one thing that can result in a decrease in the number of crimes and an increased safety. I do believe that life sentence could be a much better penalty and that prevention in terms of better evaluation by social workers of those individuals classified at risk and rehabilitation of those who commit a crime are the right way forward.


[나의글]

Soem countires have capital punishment and others don't. And though a judge sentence death penalty if it isn't excuted, the country is classified non-capital punishment country. Is this system effective in preventing crimes? And can people kill other people in the name of justice?

There is an example of a country that enforced the capital punishment. In china, corrupted politicians and civil servants are given the death penalty. Drug dealers can be given the death penalty as well and it seems to be a very effective way of preventing these kinds of crimes. But same crimes are not eradicated in China and still occur now. In Korea the death penalty was used to kill people who were against the government and they made victims who were not criminals. Because it was very useful to get support and vote in election. Because Korean people were very sensitive to some North Korean terrors, crimes and spies. So they deliberately made victims who were innocent and they killed them just to get the support from the people and to win the elections.If some countires that don't have specific laws or rulled by dictators, that system can be abused and misused.

Actually all of the laws in every country are based on Napoleonic code which was in force approximately 200 years ago. The law has evolved from then. Because a judge is not always perfect, they can also make mistakes and they executed innocent people. It has really happened several times. And modern society always pursues justification, democracy and human rights. These are the aims of law. And the reason why developed-countries like the US and Western European countries are called so is that they always give priority to those aims.

To become a developed country, to evolve more for democratic society and to always take into consideration human rights, we have to be very careful to accept the capital punishment.


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