Capital Punishment and Controlling Violent Crime

Before talking about the essential Suggested change: role of the death penaltyrole of the death penalty1role of death penalty, you have to think about the meaning, and the purpose, of any kind of punishment. If you consider that the purpose is to prevent the guilty Suggested change: from reoffendingfrom reoffending2from being nasty again, you can be Suggested change: persuaded by argumentspersuaded by arguments3seduced by an argumentation in favour of the Suggested change: abolition of capital punishmentabolition of capital punishment4suppression of capital punishment. But you have to think about another aspect of the problem: a punishment is also useful to Suggested change: deter peopledeter people5impress people, to make them fear the law. In fact, Suggested change: for instance, consider the casefor instance, consider the case6let's take the example of a young Suggested change: misfit who has grown upmisfit who has grown up7misfit, which has grown in a violent atmosphere, influenced by older delinquents, Suggested change: DeleteDelete8etc ... He lives Suggested change: on the streetson the streets9in the streets, he's got no aim but to survive. This is the kind of person who could possibly kill someone for money, or Suggested change: even for fun.even for fun.10even for fun ... Why would he fear prison? Life would be easier for him there. In addition, in many cases, when you behave normally, you can benefit from Suggested change: reduced sentencesreduced sentences11penalty reductions. This young misfit needs to be impressed, he needs to know that the law is a frontier. When you cross it, you can lose your life. That is why capital punishment Suggested change: helps keep a clear distinctionhelps keep a clear distinction12helps keeping a distance between robbery and murder. If you abolish it, you suppress the difference between these two types of crime, which are completely different.

But there is also a limit to define: even if death penalty is unavoidable, it would be a crime to apply it to Suggested change: inappropriate casesinappropriate cases15inadequate cases. If there is no premeditation or past facts which can justify such a punishment, it is far too strict to Suggested change: apply the death penaltyapply the death penalty16apply death penalty. That is why the lawmakers have to establish precisely the context in which capital punishment Suggested change: can be pronouncedcan be pronounced17car be pronounced. That is the price to pay to limit violence without using excessive violence.