Crime is one of the most important issues nowadays. In the last few years, crime has been going up. Benefits of making punishments more severe are numerous yet much can be said against them. The main advantage is that there are rapists and murderers who don't deserve to live, but many of them are let out of prisons after three or four years and this causes a lot of scandals in our souciety. So, in this case the death penalty and longlife unprisonment are welcomed. Also, it is very important to think about the wishes of the families and friends of murder victims who demand that justice be done. Finally, these severe measures will help us to keep our children away from crime.
However, the advantages are numerous, there are a lot of disadvantages. Firstly, by making punishments more severe innocent people can get it in the neck, because nowadays we have already had a lot of situations when
a man was in prison for twenty years, but then his innocence was proved. Secodnly, the death penalty affects some sections of the community much more than others. Thirdly, we mustn't be animals, we must believe in God, as the Bible says "Thou shalt not kill!"
To sum up, there are strong arguments for and against punishments, we need to do whatever it takes to consider positive and negative effects of sending people to prison before the final decision is made.
