Capital punishment
I remember when I was a student at the Dhaka University, we had to learn "Functional English". There was a piece where the writer discussed the prison sentences and questioned whether providing facilities there would encourage people to go there and what would deter the criminals from committing crimes. In his famous book, "The Great Train Robbery", Late Michael Crichton also discussed these in some details. I think it was Bryce Ciurtenay who had written about England and how the English rulers tried to get rid of the criminals by deporting them.
Well, it was possible at that time, not now. I guess one has to rethink this scheme of punishment. So far no corrective solution has been found.
Here in Bangladesh, there are jail sentences for theft, robbery, throwing acids and thousands of other offences. But has it served any purpose? Either the criminals have obtained bail, or somehow managed to escape jail sentences through other means. I mentioned bail because there are number of instances when those criminals came out and murdered the witnesses.
In order to avoid all these, I think capital punishment is the only solution. Even that may not deter the criminals, but at least society will be safer.
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