Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime. Some people suggest that the circumstances of a crime, and the reasons for committing it should be taken into consideration when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Sentencing for those found guilty of crimes presents a difficult challenge because justice must be seen to do for both victims and perpetrators. It has always been a controversial issue over whether exemplary punishments or adjustable penalties should be handed out for crimes. While people argue that the former has more advantages, I firmly believe that the latter is a better alternative to judge each crime individually
Mandatory sentencing has the benefit that everyone is conscious of exactly the sentence they can expect if they found guilty of a particular crime. This system will certainly improve judgment efficiency. Since the discipline for each crime has already been given in law books, judges only have to pronounce the verdict. Also when the punishments are consistent with regulations established previously, there will be few conflicts
Unfortunately, the above arguments in favor of a fixed punishment are not as logical as they sound. Human behavior is almost always influenced by situations and crime is no exceptions. Removing the ability of judges to adjust sentences on the basis of the circumstances of a crime may also lead to injustice because it assumes that any two people who commit murders have the same level of moral culpability although they have entirely different motives. For example, one of them who merely tried to save oneself from the attacker and murdered someone accidentally is ethically different to the other who committed the act with the deliberate intention to kill. Furthermore, it may be inappropriate to give juveniles the same sentence as adults. They should be had the opportunity to change their behavior and perhaps become a productive and law-abiding citizen. In contrast, a person who is older and committed many crimes might receive a heavier penalty as they are more likely to re-offend in future and heavier sentences are needed to protect the community
In conclusion, mandatory sentencing may lead to unfair because the same crime may be committed for very different reasons. When deciding the sentences, the judge should take into consideration not only the severity of crime but also a person’s history and the chance for rehabilitation
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 321, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...ges only have to pronounce the verdict. Also when the punishments are consistent wit...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, if, may, so, while, for example, in conclusion, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1865.0 1615.20841683 115% => OK
No of words: 352.0 315.596192385 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29829545455 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33147354134 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9945162842 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 204.0 176.041082164 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.579545454545 0.561755894193 103% => OK
syllable_count: 613.8 506.74238477 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 82.3700698213 49.4020404114 167% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.461538462 106.682146367 134% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0769230769 20.7667163134 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.38461538462 7.06120827912 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.9879759519 226% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.319075555646 0.244688304435 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105837947211 0.084324248473 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0583936334717 0.0667982634062 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.212181934067 0.151304729494 140% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0684801431096 0.056905535591 120% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 50.2224549098 71% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 11.3001002004 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.76 12.4159519038 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.6 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 78.4519038076 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 9.78957915832 153% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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