Harsher Penalties for Violent
Harsher Penalties for ViolentHarsher Penalties for Violent Offenders?
Should violent offenders be forced to face heavier penalties for their crimes?
I think so. And that there should also be some reforms made to our penal system.
The death penalty serves its purpose, it kills, instills fear, and generally wastes
tax-payers time and money. I think we need stiffer penalties as an alternative to the
death penalty because some of the penalties we have now are becoming ineffective,
because a lot of them are very expensive, and because many violent offenders are
repeat offenders.
When a violent crime is committed, after the court proceedings are over, and
if the accused is found guilty, the jury may rule that the criminal should be
incarcerated for life. In which case the criminal is brought to a penitentiary, given a
home, food ,clothing and possibly a job. I realize that there are people out there who
believe that the system we are currently using is acceptable. In which case, they
may argue that the criminals of today are just misguided and misunderstood. They
are the ones who want less crime, and a hardly demeaning lifestyle for criminals.
What is the point of having a life sentence? We have people who have killed
in cold blood, sitting in jail to rot. This makes me think. Why should a criminal live
better than I am? We give the criminals of today too much credit and not enough
hard time. I would give them enough food to live on, a cot, toilet, and sink. if more
people could read the college essay I read before writing this they would
understand. The writer says in his paper that even though the death penalty is used
in a state, there is not usually a change in the crime rate. This means that no one is
afraid of it.
If we would start punishing criminals, with punishments other than death or a
life sentence or...
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