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often related to our emotions instead of the Government of Singapore, which is

rationality. Does taking the criminals' life known to be tough when it comes to

truly ease the pain of the victims’ practising death penalty despite being

families? Only those who have had such criticized globally. Their authoritative and

experiences will truly know. Clearly, we almost ‘cold blooded’ zero-tolerance

are in no place to condemn those who attitude towards drug dealers might

believe in the principle of ‘an eye for an seem unreasonable in the public eye, but

eye’ after tragedy struck as we will never the government believes that it is a

understand the pain that they have to go necessary evil to protect its citizens from

through. The last argument to be the harmful effects of drug related

presented is that some people believe crimes which destroy lives and families.

that death penalty is effective in reducing
Considering the pros and cons of
crime rates as death deters people from
abolishing the death penalty, whether or
committing crime. While such claims
not the death penalty should be
might seem only logical, many remain
abolished does seem like a matter of
sceptical about it especially after looking
perspective as both sides have presented
through the statistics. When comparing
strong reasons to support their stance
the crime rates between two countries
throughout the years. In my point of
with and without death penalty, there
view, death penalty should not be
hasn't been a convincing result that
abolished, but it must be heavily
death penalty does serve as a useful
regulated and restricted. It is the only
deterrence. Psychologists suggest that a
common ground that both sides can
person who commits crimes often does
agree upon since by doing so, the
so impulsively with little thought over
probability of misjudgement can be

their action, which might attribute to this
largely reduced while death penalty can
seemingly counterintuitive result.
continue to serve as extreme punishment

However, there are still believers of the
for extreme crimes.
effectiveness of death penalty, such as

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