Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Others, however, argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.
The crime rates in most countries are rising consistently over the last 10 years. Consequently, one of the most controversial debates relates to whether the judiciary system should adopt fixed punishments for each level of crime or consider the situation and motivation behind the case. In this essay, I will discuss both viewpoints by providing examples and give my opinion.
On the one hand, some people argue that the benefits of penalizing crimes with fixed punishments outweigh its disadvantages. First, it can save both time and money invested in trials significantly. As a result, the government can subsidize financially and give a concerted effort more on other sectors such as healthcare and education. In addition, it is commonly believed that criminals will think twice every time before they commit crimes as the potential punishments are swift and strict. Recent studies also show the declining total crime rates in countries that follow identical judiciary structure.
On the other hand, many people argue that there are always extenuating circumstances for each crime. For instance, influences such as poverty, blackmailing, and superior orders should be taken into account. Take women ending up killing rapists in their self-defense and drivers hitting pedestrians while drunk as examples. In such conditions, a balanced verdict is nowhere near to be reached unless the cases are brought up at the court for further inspections.
To conclude, both sides have their own merits. Personally, I tend to extend my support to the latter opinion. Fixed decisions can be taken on petty crimes such as shoplifting, cyber-hacking, and vandalism. However, in serious crimes such as murder and theft, a fair verdict can only be achieved after the investigation of cases in depth.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... the investigation of cases in depth.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, consequently, first, however, if, so, while, for instance, in addition, such as, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 7.30460921844 55% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 41.998997996 76% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1519.0 1615.20841683 94% => OK
No of words: 282.0 315.596192385 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3865248227 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96150035997 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 176.041082164 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.627659574468 0.561755894193 112% => OK
syllable_count: 464.4 506.74238477 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.6229235307 49.4020404114 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.9375 106.682146367 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.625 20.7667163134 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.3125 7.06120827912 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.67935871743 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.9879759519 226% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.374822450276 0.244688304435 153% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100823163284 0.084324248473 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.103927880352 0.0667982634062 156% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.196882165268 0.151304729494 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0611927213662 0.056905535591 108% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.0946893788 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 50.2224549098 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.3001002004 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.69 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.41 8.58950901804 110% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 78.4519038076 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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