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ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
If the life was given to us, we can't decide to leave it
Plato.
After some murders and tragedies that have involved innocent people (like JooHlios case or the Isabella Nardonis mysterious death), the Death Penalty returns to
divide society opinion, especially because the murderers hardly-ever suffer the
punishment deserved. This debate is hugely hard to get a conclusion considering that
involves religious, ethical and moral aspects. Although lots of people think the capital
penalty is the best solution to sweep the criminals away, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights says Everyone has the right to life, freedom from violence and personal
safe. Everyone has the duty to support and sustain the life, longevity and liveability of
all.
It is often said that with the death penalty, the murders rate tend to decrease in the
cities and it would inhibit futures crimes. However, the USAs example shows that
deaths legalization is not a way to reduce crimes. In fact, this has not to be the goal
of this controversial subject. The point must be the impunity and privileges which Law
offers to bandits, causing the feeling that crime pays. Obviously, the death penalty
just could inhibit murderers in case of premeditated murder.
Secondly, some part of society argues that with this authorization, public costs related
with jail would be minimized. This argument is partly true, but while the costs are
reduced, the bureaucracy from the judgment until the punishment requires a long
period of time. Moreover, as a discussion about life, economical aspect must be set
aside.
As many people say nobody has the right to take off anothers life . Perhaps it seems
loaded with religious opinion, but only with a spiritualist vision we can make it
hypothesis if theres a meaning to the universe and the life. If we consider the
individual development as a sense to live, killing a person is preventing this
development. The confinement should be faced as an opportunity for the criminal
admitting the mistake, repenting and reforming itself.
In reality, the focus should not be the death penalty, but the inhuman situation of the
national prison system. We have to ask Which is the reason in confining a criminal?.
The prison system has to supply a confinement to renew the person, isolating it
socially in order to avoid that this person commits criminal acts again. Besides, it must
be correctional, causing a change in the person so that she leaves the crime option and
can be useful to society. Through the capital punishment, there is no full awareness of
evil committed.
It is impossible to change a bad person for better dealing it with contempt, as the
national prison system shows. The prisoners inhuman conditions make the jails into
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true schools of crimes, instead of schools of citizenship. They should supply jobs, social
and artistic activities.
In short, who support the death penalty probably, unaware, has this view because of
the regrettable outcome of our prison system. With some reason, lots of people think
the prisoners will be free worse than when they had been arrested. Plainly, the
problems source is the social misery. In the same viewpoint is the low quality of public
education. Reducing these, crimes will tend to fall. Not only does prison system need a
total reform but also the State structure and social awareness in general.
Student: Rmullo Carvalho.
Express Plus III