Harsher Penalties For Violent Offenders?

Harsher Penalties for Violent Offenders?

Should violent offenders be forced to face heavier penalties for their crimes?

I think so. And that there should also be some reforms made to our penal system.

The death penalty serves its purpose, it kills, instills fear, and generally wastes

tax-payers time and money. I think we need stiffer penalties as an alternative to the

death penalty because some of the penalties we have now are becoming ineffective,

because a lot of them are very expensive, and because many violent offenders are

repeat offenders.

When a violent crime is committed, after the court proceedings are over, and

if the accused is found guilty, the jury may rule that the criminal should be

incarcerated for life. In which case the criminal is brought to a penitentiary, given a

home, food ,clothing and possibly a job. I realize that there are people out there who

believe that the system we are currently using is acceptable. In which case, they

may argue that the criminals of today are just misguided and misunderstood. They

are the ones who want less crime, and a hardly demeaning lifestyle for criminals.

What is the point of having a life sentence? We have people who have killed

in cold blood, sitting in jail to rot. This makes me think. Why should a criminal live

better than I am? We give the criminals of today too much credit and not enough

hard time. I would give them enough food to live on, a cot, toilet, and sink. if more

people could read the co...

Harsher Penalties For Violent Offenders?

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