IELTS Essay: Capital Punishment

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    【重刑犯應該活活吊死】的一派想法是主張正義聲張。另一派人反對死刑的人主要是考量人類的愛心。不過大部分人的意見好像多少站在兩種極端看法的中間。
    反對死刑的論點大多來自人道與宗教各界。他們認為‘以眼還眼’的古老原則,不能適用于今天, 是以無法接受處死活人的實施。死刑一途并不能阻止犯罪的發(fā)生。無期徒刑可取代死刑。真正執(zhí)行死刑之事,應該是屬于過去的歷史。這種觀點已經(jīng)廣受理解。難怪全世界有百分之60的國家,包掛歐盟,已經(jīng)前后取消極刑。
    另一方面,堅持執(zhí)行死刑的意見者,大有人在。歷史上,幾乎每個社會都有死刑的存在,功在有效阻止重罪的發(fā)生。道理很簡單。如果把罪大惡極的分子鏟除,社會中的良民才有安寧。該死的人死了,就永遠不能犯罪,免得監(jiān)獄里作亂,越獄,或經(jīng)釋放后重新做亂。因此,死刑一旦確定,越快執(zhí)行越好,免得重犯白吃公糧,造成財務損失。
    綜觀死刑之利弊,死刑的執(zhí)行應該是極不得以之措施??磥?,死刑勢在必行,不過一定要經(jīng)過謹慎和公平的審判。作奸犯科,殺人販毒,如果罪無可赦,理當處死,以免嫁禍人間。理智的司法當然要辨別輕重。有的無可救藥,有的縱然殺人犯法,也許情有可原。
    "All serious criminals should be hanged," according to some people who want to see justice done. Some people, however, seem to be opposed to death penalty, apparently out of human love. Most people nowadays choose to stand somewhere in between the two extreme points of view.
     
    

    The rejection of capital punishment is actively voiced by mostly human rights and religious sectors. For them, it is not acceptable to execute a person, the practice being the old-fashioned principle of "an eye for an eye." It is argued that death penalty alone does little to prevent crimes from taking place. As an alternative, "life without parole" is recommended. In other words, death penalty is simply out of date. This view appears to have been gaining votes around the world. As of now, more than 60 percent of countries and states, including the European union  , have reportedly ruled out the practice.
    The defense of capital punishment has a different story. Death penalty has historically been practiced in virtually every society, serving as a real deterrence to serious crimes. The logic is obvious. It removes the worst criminals from society and should prove much safer for the rest of society. It is also self-evident that dead criminals cannot commit further crimes, either within prisons, or after breaking jail, or after being set free. The execution makes economic sense as well, and the sooner the better, because of huge cost involved in long keeping dangerous criminals behind bars.
    To sum up, in consideration of the controversy, putting criminals can only be viewed as a "necessary evil." In the name of justice, execution must somehow sometimes apply, although in a different manner and with a careful and after a fair trial. Thus, once convicted, horrible killers, series rappers, and other big-time evil-doers trapped in drug trafficking and organized crimes, do not deserve a prolonged life. It is, nevertheless, always advisable to distinguish really dreadful crimes and those crimes, while still homicide, are much more understandable.