Harsher Penalties for Violent Offenders? Should violent offenders be forced to face heavier penalties for their crimes? I think so. And that there should also be some reforms made to our penal system. The death penalty serves its purpose, it kills, instills fear, and generally wastes tax-payers time and money. I think we need stiffer penalties as an alternative to the death penalty because some of the penalties we have now are becoming ineffective, because …
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…they will not commit a crime again. Hopefully, by your reading this you have begun to think about why harsher penalties should be imposed on violent criminals. Hopefully, it has also answered any questions you might have had about repeat offenders, the ineffectiveness of our punishments on them, and the money tax-payers pay into our nations criminal offenders. Works Cited Page Capital Punishment a report by Tom Guilmette www.academic.marist.edu/guiltr/cappun.html