Capital Punishment

  Capital punishment is also known as death penalty or execution. It refers to the sentence of death upon a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offence. Capital punishment has in the past been practiced by most societies. Although currently only 58 nations actively practice it, with 95 countries having abolished it. A study by Isaac Ehrlich which found that the murder rate responded to change in the likelihood of execution. He concluded that 7 or 8 murders were prevented by each execution from 1933 to 1967. Crimes that would be punished by capital punishment are murder, burger, act of terrorism, treason and human trafficking. I support capital punishment because of retribution, incapacitation and deterrence.

  First and foremost, retribution is an act of punishment or taking vengeance for wrong doing, sin or injury. The purpose of retribution is actively to injure criminal offenders, ideally in proportion with their injuries to society and so expiate them of guilty. Retribution states that real justice requires people to suffer for their wrongdoing and to suffer in a way appropriate for the crime. Each criminal should get what crime deserves and in the case of a murderer what their crime deserves is death. Friends or family of the victims feels that a wrong has been committed and demands “equal” suffering to “repay” that wrong. Retribution has its basis in religions values, which have historically maintained that it is proper to take “an eye for an eye” and a life for a life.

  Besides, incapacitation is an argument for capital punishment. Incapacitation refers to the effect of a sentence in term of positively preventing future offending. It takes away a person’s freedom so that he or she cannot commit another crime.  Incapacitation permanently removes the worst criminal from society and should prove much safer for the rest of us than long term or permanent incarceration. It is self evident that dead criminal cannot commit any further crimes.

  Furthermore, deterrence is the notion that by administering punishment to offenders. It can cause fear in both the offenders and others so that they will not want to commit crimes in the future. According to the argument, the presence of the death penalty ought to reduce a wide variety of criminal acts. The death penalty is much more likely to be a deterrent where the crime requires planning and the potential criminal has time to think about the consequences. When the crime is committed there is no likelihood that any punishment will act as a deterrent.

  In conclusion, I strongly support capital punishment because of the above reason. However, we must have strong evidence to tell that the person have done the criminal. Without verification we cannot prove that the person is wrong or right. Someone maybe is an innocent people.

Should euthanasia be legalized?

Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering for his or her alleged benefit. Euthanasia has become an issue that highly controversial in this few years. Euthanasia should be legalized because it let people leave this world with dignity instead of dying slowly and painfully. Life is different to every people. It is a good idea for people to end their pain due to they will suffered very much if they alive. So, I think people should have choice to end their life instead of suffering their pain. It is because everyone has their choice not to suffer from pain, reduce their family financial burden and allows people to die with dignity.

  Firstly, everyone has their right to choose not to suffer from pain, they have the right to decide how there are going to live their life. We do not know how their pain and we cannot reduce their pain, so we must let them choose their choice. When they suffer from illness or diseases, there are no medicines to cure their diseases or illnesses, it is better for them to end their life. This is because we can let them die peacefully and then do not need to suffer for a few years lying on the bed. It is difficult for them to lie on the bed and could not do any things.

  Next, euthanasia should be legalizes due to it reduce the patient’s family financial burden. This can be a very real reason to stop the medical treatment. Some family cannot afford the medical fees and the medical is very expensive as the patients live in the hospital for a few years. If a teenager gets into a car accident and there is no chance for him to live outside the hospital, why we do not let him end his life? We can use his organ to save more people in the world. It is beneficial. First, the family does not need to have financial burden and next, we can save the other people life as we donate that person organ.

  Furthermore, I support euthanasia should be allowed because it allows people die with dignity.  Some diseases already cannot cure by medicine and the diseases may let the patient suffer for their rest on their life. Slowly the diseases becoming more serious, the patient will probably could not walk. It is not meaningful for people who live in the world but cannot do anything. They only can lie on the bed and sleep most of the time. It will cause them feel sad about what their life is. Therefore, euthanasia will help them die with dignity.

  In conclusion, euthanasia should be legalized with the above reason. However, some rules and regulation must follow in order to legalize the euthanasia. For example, doctor and family signature must have with the purpose of people abuse euthanasia.