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Criminals need to be punished harshly for their crimes.
In favor
Argument #1: With punishment or even execution the government may be eliminating a prominent threat to society.
Argument #2 - people have to see the harsh punishment so they wont do the same thing ( reduces crime by increasing sentence)
According to theologist Avery Dulls: "Executions, especially where they are painful, humiliating, and public, may create a sense of horror that would prevent others from being tempted to commit similar crimes..."
Argument #3: (Emotional Approach): Gives closure to the victims of the victim's love one's.
Use of rhetorical questioning and rhetorical situations to make the contrary question their emotions in a personal situation.
Argument #4: Individuals should be held accountable for their own actions.
Basic moral standpoints regarding justice dictate that individuals who participate in conducts that harm or restricts the personal freedom of others.
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Argument #5: Maintains the order and legitimacy of the law and like this prevents people from committing crimes.
Against
Argument #3: Rehab and education is a better solution so criminals can rebuild their life and be a positive addition to society
"Our role is not to punish. The punishment is the prison sentence: They have been deprived of their freedom. The punishment is that they are with us," Nils Öberg, director-general of Sweden's prison and probation service, told the Guardian in 2014.
The country has closed a number of prisons, and the recidivism rate is around 40%, which is far less than in the U.S. and most European countries. Öberg believes that the way Sweden treats its prisoners is partly responsible for keeping incarceration and recidivism rates so low.
in cases of drug ussage: according
https://dualdiagnosis.org/drug-rehab-instead-of-prison-could-save-billions-says-report-2/
If only 10 percent of drug-addicted offenders received drug rehabilitation instead of jail time, the criminal justice system would save $4.8 billion compared to current costs. If 40 percent of addicted offenders received treatment instead of jail, those savings would rise to $12.9 billion.
Polls from the past few years have found that a majority of Americans – as much as 85% – say the focus of prison should be rehabilitation. There’s been growing support for prison and sentencing reform, and the idea that we need to reduce the number of people inside our prisons and jails.
Argument #4: Possible execution of the innocent
according to deathpenalty.org: The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person. Since 1973, more than 170 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated.
Argument #2: Doesn't reduce crime
According to the U.S National Institute of Justice: "Prisons actually may have the opposite effect: Inmates learn more effective crime strategies from each other, and time spent in prison may desensitize many to the threat of future imprisonment."
According to the National Academy of Sciences, “Research on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is uninformative about whether capital punishment increases, decreases, or has no effect on homicide rates.”
Argument #5: Failure to stop people from committing crimes
According to the NAtional Institute of Justice: Sending an individual convicted of a crime to prison isn't a very effective way to deter crime. Prisons are good for punishing criminals and keeping them off the street, but prison sentences (particularly long sentences) are unlikely to deter future crime.
real life example : Jeremiah Bourgeois is a living example of how the prison system tends to achieve only its punitive goals. Remember: his brother was already locked up when Jeremiah attacked the convenience store. So the threat of prison didn’t deter 14-year-old Jeremiah from committing a crime.
Argument #1: Retribution is wrong
"We cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing" U.S Catholic Conference
Connecting this point with the negatively perceived trait that is vengeance.
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