"Harder and longer punishment for people who commit crimes should be the most important election issue 2010!"
“Mr. X rapes and kills a young girl; the court judges him to a life sentence in prison. Mr. X is behaving well in prison, and is not a troublemaker at all and comes out of prison after 8-10 years instead of the life sentence”. This can´t be right?
The people in Sweden that commits crimes are getting away too easily nowadays, it seems like there are no “life sentenced people” that actually spends a lifetime in prison. What if they let them out and they commit new crimes, what if they kill again? Why even judge people to a life sentence in prison when almost everyone is getting out much earlier just because they are “behaving well”?
There are many arguments in the favor of this claim;
1) The risk that the person commits more crimes when they get out
2) Imagine what the families of the victims would feel like when they are letting out the prisoner
3) The relations between the citizens of Sweden and the people that decides to let prisoners out is being very damaged, they seem to be “not trust-worthy”
4) It´s not a very safe and positive pattern that we here in Sweden are letting out our prisoners if they behave well, maybe more people will commit crimes?
I think that there are many more arguments in the favor of my claim, instead of seeing the positive thing in letting the prisoners out.
I don´t see the positive thing in letting murders get back on the street and be a risk to the citizens, they can surely manipulate the judges in believing that they are “new and better persons” and therefore should be let out 10-15 years earlier than they´ve been judged to.
One thing that I believe can be a counterargument is that there are actually people that deserve a second chance whom are behaving well because they are really regretting what they´ve done.
My answer to this is that you have to assess every single case, I do believe that people can change, but I have no belief in, that a person that rapes and kills an innocent girl deserves to start a new life outside the prison. Surely, there are people that have done something “less horrible”, like embezzlement that can be let out earlier, but as I said, you would have to assess every case. But my opinion is that we want to let out more people than we keep in prison, and this is of course very wrong!
Keep the prisoners behind the bars where they belong!
tisdag 27 april 2010
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Hi Frida!
I was supposed to comment on your blog. First I wanted to say that I thought you chose an interesting subject and also a very important one. The beginning is very good, it really does create an initial interest. It it very easy to read, well ordered and not too long. Spelling is very good too.
In reason 1, you write "...the person" ... they get out" It would seem that "the person" is one, whilst "they" obviously are several. Keep to one form. I'd have used the word "The convict/s" and then "when getting out" or "when out" to keep it neutral.
Reason 2: "the families of the victims" feels slightly backwards. I think that: "the victim's family..." would be better. Of course, I can only say what I believe is better.
Reason 4: "...behave well, maybe more people will commit crimes?" I think you should separate the question from the statement. "Behave well. Maybe it will lead to people committing more crimes?
The end statement: "Keep the prisoners behind the bars where they belong!" I think you should remove the "the". Keep the prisoners behind bars where they belong! Otherwise it sound like you mean a specific kind of bars, not behind bars in general.
I think this was very good, some sentences sound a bit too Swedish, but I can't quite point it out. It's nothing big. Over all it's very good.
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