Death penalty: To be or not to be

I. Analyzing
Article
The execution of Indonesian domestic
worker, Ruyati, in Saudi Arabia, was
indeed a tragedy. But it cannot be the
basis of the abolition of the death penalty.
The need for the death penalty in legal
system is not only for its functionality in
deterring crimes, but also in its worth as a
measure of protecting innocent lives.
The death penalty is stigmatized as a
merciless and barbaric punishment. Many
believe
that
prolonged
or
life
imprisonment has the exact deterrent
effect in preventing crimes. From a
religious point of view, life is God-given
and it is God's right to take it back. By that
reasoning, the death penalty is unfit for a
civilized legal system and should be
abolished. Unfortunately, such logic could
only be implemented in an ideal, fantasy
world and not in the real world.
Killing, by nature is a horrible deed. Taking
another person's life is an act against
nature itself thus, wantonly murdering
others is forbidden. The law therefore
makes sure that only innocents are
preserved and the guilty are charged for
their crimes.
The death penalty was designed so that
the action of killing a criminal is ruled by
law and through comprehensive and
careful examination in legal proceedings.
It is a last resort, when a convict is
sentenced to death, if he truly deserved
such extremity. No life should be taken
indiscriminately and no punishments
passed should be too extreme.
The death penalty, while serving to deter
crimes with the most extreme sentence,
maintains its main purpose in protecting
the people with extreme measures. Even
in civilized nations. we can not help but be
aware that there are evils that are so
fearless, remorseless and twisted that
could not be undone or changed with
civilized methods, such as the al-Qaeda
and other extreme fundamentalists. These
"people" are so blinded by their beliefs,

Generic
Structure
Issue

Main Idea
Controversy of
Death penalty

Elaborate

Despite death
penalty is
merciless and
barbaric
punishment it
must be
implemented in
real world

Argument
Agains point

Killing is horrible
things

Argument For
point

Death penalty was

carefully ruled by
law so it wont hurt
people who
followed the law

Argument For
point

Death penalty is
most effective
way to protecting
lives from people
with strong
fundamentalismt
like al-qaeda

that we couldn't help but wonder what

drives these "men" to commit such
atrocities without any regret. Keeping
these criminals in mental institutions will
not
change
their
mindsets,
and.
imprisoning them won't stop them in
harming people in the future. Is the only
option for them the death penalty?
The death penalty is undeniable a "morally
grey" matter in our While serving in
protecting the lives of many, it takes the
lives of others. But it is the ultimate route
that must be taken after all Elaboration
alternatives have been exhausted in
deterring transgression in order to defend
the greater good. About Ruyati, the
unfortunate domestic worker, she
is not innocent as well, for she spilled the
blood of her employer's wife. Even though
her employers played little part in driving
her to commit murder, she was judged
according to the nation's laws and
regulations.
The only thing to be regretted from such
tragedy is that there is no legal means for
Indonesian laborers that are working
abroad to defend themselves from abuse
and bullies. Even worse, the government
is incapable of providing legal means to
assist its own citizens. The tragic death of
Ruyati must be the lesson for us to
improve the condition of our Indonesian
laborers that are working abroad; not to
use it as a foundation to blame on the
system of justice or the death penalty. As
long as evil cannot be deterred in a
civilized manner, the death penalty will
always exist and be implemented in
judicial systems.

Death penalty was

ultimate route to
eradiate
criminality
despite it takes
people's lives

Conclution

II. List of connective and conjunction

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o.

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Word

Kinds

Function

and

Conjunction

Addition

But

As long as we are
follow
the
law,death penalty
wont hurt us

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