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Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished
410182038 Lynn

Paragraph 1: 以5/21江子翠捷運站隨機殺人事件開頭
→This event arise the discussion on remaining or abolishing the death penalty in Taiwan.
→state my stand—I do not agree with abolishing death penalty. (Reason—justice and cannot prevent people from committing crimes)

Paragraph 2 : Elaborate on my first reason—justice.
(Criminals should be responsible for what they did.)

Paragraph 3: Elaborate on my second reason—cannot prevent people from committing crimes
(促使有人為了吃免錢牢飯而殺人→ 舉例: 2012的台南男童命案)

Paragraph 4: Opinions from the opposite
→冤獄(舉例: 江國慶)
→My refutation (不能因噎廢食, 應司法改革而非廢死)
→廢死聯盟主張終身監禁代替死刑
→My refutation--- 成本遠比死刑來的高

Paragraph5 : conclusion
→ summarize my reasons
→The purpose of death penalty is to prevent people from committing crimes. What we can do is to make our society more stable instead of abolishing the death penalty.
(*廢除死刑治標不治本, 無法達成安定社會的目的)

Reference: http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%BB%E5%88%91%E5%AD%98%E5%BB%A2 http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%AD%BB%E5%88%91%E5%AD%98%E5%BB%A2%E5%95%8F%E9%A1%8C Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished 410182038 Lynn On May 21, a miserable event happened in Taiwan. We will never forget that day because a colleague student randomly killed four people and injured several people with long knives in the carriage of MRT. He claimed he just wanted to complete a great thing in his life. However, four lives had been taken away. Afterwards, this event has brought about a panic in Taiwan; most people consider that this criminal should be sentenced to death as soon as possible due to his cold-blooded behavior. Consequently, the issue of abolishing death penalty has been discussed recently. In my opinions, death penalty should not be abolished in that it cannot only implement justice but also curb crimes Those who were sentenced

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