Should vandals be subjected to capital punishment?
What is vandalism? Vandalism is an intentional act that defaces, destroys, or otherwise damages another’s property without permission. Generally, vandalism is defined as an intentional act that defaces, mars, destroys, alters, or otherwise damages another’s property without that person’s permission. Some famous example of vandalism in Singapore includes a famous duo named the “McKoy Banos” they are a fmous duo around the word believed t be responsible for the vandalism of many trains around the world. In May 2010, Swiss national Oliver Fricker then 32 years old, and Briton Dane Alexander Llyod, 29, managed to cut a hole and entered SMRT’s Changi depot. Another case is an American teenager Micheal Fay, made global headlines when he was caned for damaging cars and public property despite an appeal for clemency by then President Bill Clinton. They all received strokes a type of capital punishment but the question is it necessary? Well I believe it is necessary.
“Spare the rod and spoil the child” I strongly believe in that statement. This is indeed a blunt slogan however it also captures a deeply familiar notion: people who have committed culpable wrongs deserve their lives to go worse as a result. Why do they deserve it? Perhaps because it’s not fair for the lives of wrongdoers to go well when the lives of the innocent have gone poorly – punishment levels the playing field. Whatever the reason, “retributivists” argue that the punishment of criminals is intrinsically valuable Retributivist, support the death penalty because they think that criminals deserve to suffer death for their crimes.
However the justice system is never 100% correct. “Judges and juries can convict the innocent, as we know from the case of Donald Marshall, jailed for more than a decade for a murder he did not commit.” Most crimes end up with criminals serving jail time. Sometimes people turn up innocent. Because they were only sent to jail and not sentenced to death their sentence can be reversed. A death penalty is irreversible. The jury is also a factor in determining penalty.
Several times the same crimes are committed and different sentences are given out. A black man may receive the death penalty while a white man can get imprisonment. “In Canada, before the death penalty was abolished, native Indians, Ukrainians, and French Canadians were more likely to be executed than others.” A jury who consists of those who believe in the death penalty is more likely to vote guilty while one opposed may vote innocent. They do not want to be held responsible for the death of someo...
