WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE DEATH PENALTY : AN ESSAY

 

 THE DEATH PENALTY

 AN ESSAY

EXTRA WORDS

(to) wonder ( se demander )

Ex : we can wonder whether the death penalty can be applied in our country

(to) reoffend = (to) commit a crime once again

(to) avenge someone // to revenge soemthing

Ex : i will avenge my sister / i will revenge the murder of my sister

(to) be incarcerated = (to) put in prison = (to) be sent to jail

A silver bullet = the perfect solution

Ex : it is difficult to find the silver bullet

On the one hand …. On the other hand

A miscarriage of justice = an error made by the justice system

GRAMMAR :

 Nobody = singulier comme HE

Nobody has the right to kill someone

 

Introduction

In most cases people hold that a criminal should be punished for his acts.

But what should be the punishment ? life long imprisonment, an electric tag on your ankle or the death penalty.

That is the question we are going to tackle today.

To make an informed decision we should first define what is the death penalty or more precisely what are the means used in the countries that have not yet abolished it .

When a crime is regarded as extremely violent or particularly cruel, a jury is prompt to sentence an offender to the death penalty which means executing the convict via a lethal injection, gas poisoning , electric chair or a firing squad.

 This might sound barbaric and that is why people might relent = hesitate from applying this harsh sentence.

So let us examine both sides of the coin

FIND THE EXPRESSIONS TO TRANSLATE

1.    Dans la plupart des cas

2.    Traiter d’une question

3.    Pour se faire une opinion éclairée

4.    Par le biais de

5.    Examinons les deux côtés de la questions

BODY OF THE ESSAY

 The cons

First of all ,  it might be regarded as barbaric to kill someone for a murder , namely to do exactly what the criminal is condemned for. Do we not become criminals ourselves ?

Moreover some famous cases have proven that the police and the justice system are often wrong. Thus it would be ghastly to think that we might kill an innocent person.

Lastly  the death penalty is final and thus there is no chance for the criminal to have any form of redemption

Transition

On the other hand we might that the family of the victim might not see things in the same light.

FIND THE TRANSLATION FOR

1.    C’est-à-dire

2.    Horrible

3.    Finalement

4.    Ne pas voir les choses de la même façon

The pros

A defender of the death penalty argue that  an eye for an eye is a valid answer  to such horrendous crimes

We must also take into account the necessity for the victim’s family to get a sense of closure to come to term = to accept somehow the death of their loved ones.

Lastly let me add that the victim was innocent and yet was condemned to the death penalty without having committed any crime.So it is quite fair that the offender should suffer the same fate.

FIND THE TRANSLATION FOR

1.    C’est la loi du talion

2.    Prendre en compte

3.    Il est juste que ..

Opinion

I have to admit i have in a quandary as far as this question is concerned.

In my view murderers , peadophiles in particular and sex offenders should not be allowed to spend the rest of their life in prison because it is both costly for society and unfair for the victim and his/her family.

On the other hand i reckon that killing someone is inhuman and brutal and thus should not be used by a democratic regime all the more as the offender might have mitigating circumstances

Conclusion

In a nutshell after carefully scrutinizing = analysing both sides of the argument i have to confess i did not reach a definite answer to the issue of the death penalty.

I know the harshest régimes are using it to silence their political opponent as well and people are being killed by wars everyday.

So the question remains to be seen on how we can achieve peace in this world.