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Should They Be Sentenced to Death or

Given the Rights to Live?

GROUP A CONSOLATION Tay Yi Cong - 170054 - 6S Zhong

eath penalty is one take lives. Up to 2022, According to surveys,

D of the oldest death penalty has been the main reason for people

punishments that exists in abolished in numerous to support abolishing death

human civilization, and Western countries, which penalty is their concern on

arguably one with the most includes the United the occurrence of

serious consequence, as it Kingdom and France. In misjudgement. It is widely

will cost the criminal’s life. Malaysia, the abolishment known that there does not

There has been an ongoing of death penalty was exist a judiciary system

debate on whether we brought to the public’s which is completely

should abolish death attention following the insusceptible to error. After

penalty in our modern establishment of the all, judges and juries are

society. Those who speak Pakatan Harapan political nothing but humans, and

for the abolishment of party as the government in humans are susceptible to

death penalty claim that it year 2019. It was met with biases and heuristics which

is barbaric and uncivilised an overwhelming strong might result in wrong

for any institution to take opposition especially judgment. Unfortunately,

an individual's life, no among the Chinese no amount of money and

matter what he has done. communities and it remains material can ever

On the contrary, those who an unresolved issue. In this compensate for the

stand against its article, I aim to explore the damage that is done when

abolishment believe that arguments presented by an innocent man is

the punishment must fit its both sides and finally punished to death because

crime and justice must be answer the million-dollar of human errors. Looking

served in a way that lives question, ‘Should the death back into history, such

are taken from those who penalty be abolished?’ cases have presented
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