Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Criminals

Do all violent criminals deserve a death sentence? & How would you punish if there is no death sentence in a particular country where the criminals live? First of all, many people claim the serial killers insane. In this case, we need to take a closer look at the psychological profile of the criminals. For instance, Cho Seung Hui who killed 32 people at a university in Virginia. He was a Korean and moved to US with his family. At early age, his family concerned about his behavior. He talked less and didn't socialise with other children. After several assessments by the professional psychologists, it shows that Cho had selective mutism which is severe. He wore cap and sunglasses in the classroom. The professor Nikki Giovanni who was under the english department, expert in poetry. She described Cho as arrogant claimed the presence of Cho in the class as intimidating and evil. This was all because Cho had serious fright stage and he couldn't speak normally. He was repeatedly assessed by clinical psychologist and counsellors to test his sanity. He was claimed mentally ill after the assessment. Cho who was actually sane couldn't stand it and recorded a video of himself. He said that he was forced to react after being ridiculed and mocked by people around him. He was actually a very intelligent student who could write very good poems and plays.But, haplessly, the situation forced him to become a spree killer. He killed himself by shooting in his head after the carnage. Killing is unapologetic but every killing has its reasons behind. Life is as precious as water. If some criminals like Cho didn't die, should them be given the death sentence? In my opinion, I think they should be undergone some psychological assessments before charging any form of punishments. If they are sane when they killed, we should measure their level of intelligence and allow them back to society to make contributions to compensate the mistakes they have done. Instead of killing them, I don't see any benefits of killing these ruthless criminals, though we know, deep down in our heart, they should be dumped to the sea of hell and be haunted with endless agony ( from the viewpoint of family members and friends around victims). To act rationally without bias, some of these cold blooded criminals are very intelligent and the countries need them to go against injustice. For example, people like Obama bin Laden was go good in war tactics, he should be given a post to protect the world against destruction. If these criminals show no guilt after killings and are not willing to contribute for what they have done, they should be sentenced in a prison, until they are safe enough to be back to society. Some suggest by inserting a microchip into the body of criminals to track their whereabouts. I'm afraid, these criminals have close relationship with the experts who could extract the chips easily. If these criminals are insane, they should be kept in the asylum. Psychologically, people who are cruel tend to be more intelligent. They have their own philosophies. For example, Mr Breviek who claimed people around him as a person with sympathy and kindness, killed more than 70 people on an island. He killed with no ounce of guilt because he said its for the benefit of Norway from the Islamic domination and multiculturalism. He also gave example that organisation like al-Qaeda is the best because they kill. It depends how you see it. Not everyone has the courage to kill, but these criminals do. Every mass criminal needs to be understood .Some claims that death sentence could scare the people. If they have the bravery to kill, I assume they have the gut to die as well. Death sentence is not a necessity to prevent crimes.

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