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1、CapitalPunishmentAsakindofpunishment,capitalpunishmentmaybethemostbrutalbecauseittakeseverythingofaperson.Themostpreciousthingofapersonisthelife.Startedfromtheancienttime,everycountryhaditsspecialwayofcapitalpunishment.Forinstance,intheancientChina,Qindynasty,aperson
2、whohadcommittedacrimewouldbetoreapartbyfivechariots.Andastimeflows,everydynastytakesdecapitationasthemainmeanofcapitalpunishment.Generallyspeaking,capitalpunishmentcanbeaneffectivewaytopreventpeoplefromcommitingacrime.However,doescapitalpunishmentreallynecessary?InCh
3、ina,capitalpunishmentiscurrentlyadministeredforavarietyofcrimes,butthevastmajorityofexecutesofeitheraggravatedmurderorlargescaledrugtrafficking.Chinaalsoexecutesthehighestnumberofpeopleannually,althoughothercountries(suchasIranorSingapore)havehighexecutionratestoo.Th
4、iswasseriouslycalledintoquestionbysomewesterncountries,theythoughtinthemodernsociety,humanrightsstayinthefirstplace,everyonehastherighttostayalive,noonecantakeitawayeventhoughthegovernment.Soitcomestothequestionwehavementionedabove,"Doescapitalpunishmentreallynecessa
5、ry?Orweshouldgetitoutofourlaw?"Differentpeopleholddifferentideas,thisalsocausesafierceargument.Somesupportwhiletheotheragainst,anyway,bothofthetwosideshavetheirappropriatereasons.Asasocietygenerallyimprovesandbecomeincreasinglycivilizedanddemocratic,therewillsurlyapp
6、earatrendthatcapitalpunishmentisconsideredasbrutalandshouldbeabolished.Opinionsonthisissuediffersharply.Adebateoverwhethercapitalpunishmentshouldbeabolishedhasbeengoingonandarousedextremeconcernamongallwalksoflife.Herearethereasonsforagreeingtoabolishthedeathpenalty.
7、Thosewhoagreetoabolishcapitalpunishmentalsohavetheveryreasonstodemonstratethedefectsofpunishingpeopletodie.First,asnobodyisempoweredtodepriveothersoftheirlives,wecannotdecideonewillliveordieeither.Thisistosaythereisnodifferencebetweenthecriminalsandus.Capitalpunishme
8、ntisextremelyinhumaninthissense.Whatismore,murdererscommittedcrimesfordifferentmotives,yetafterallthereasonsformurdersaresocial.The