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The Punishment must fit the crime

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The Punishment should fit the Crime Oliver Latham 10J A young teenage girl walking home was murdered. The murderer who had been following the girl on several occasions planned to kill her when the opportunity arose. This was the murderer's first crime. What should be his punishment? Death? Prison sentence? Many religious groups have different views on the matter and I will refer to some of these in the essay to come to a final conclusion of my own opinion. Murder is both a crime and a sin. Sin is an act against god's teachings which are set down by the Ten Commandments in Christianity and for Muslims, the Qur'an their holy book. Crime is an act disobeying laws set down by secular organisations like the government. In Christianity ones of the Commandments: 'Thou shalt not kill' states that no human may take another's life without punishment...

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