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081222210028
C’08 EDU REG
WRITING III
Notes:
Bold : Thesis Statement
Underlined (Paragraph 1) : Arguments against the death penalty
Underlined (Paragraph 2) : Arguments for the death penalty
Font in Arial : Connectors
Grey : Modalities
Bold and Underlined : Thinking verb
Italicized : Adverb of Manner
YENI PURTIKA
081222210028
C’08 EDU REG
WRITING III
In our beloved country, Indonesia, corruption has become one of the continuous problems
which never ends through generations. It seems that corruption has become a sweet culture for high
officials. The issue to sentence a death penalty to a guilty corruptor has risen to the surface because
the Indonesian law dealing with corruption is very weak as many corruptors can easily escape to
overseas or only get a short time period in prison. Some think that this is against human right, but
some believe the corruptors deserve to get the death penalty.
There are two main reasons why people disagree to sentence death penalty to the corruptors.
First, whatever the criminal case is, death penalty is against the human right to live. Giving the
death penalty to the corruptors signs basic human rights infraction. Second, giving death penalty to
the corruptors can not contribute any economic improvement to the condition of the society but
only to give satisfaction to people to watch the corruptors dying. The death of the corruptors will
not return the money that has been corrupted.
On the other hand, there are also two strong arguments against this point of view. First,
Indonesia should provide a strong and fair verdict against corruption. The society has become tired
to find and witness that the corruptors who have corrupted billions just only get two year period in
prison while a thief who get caught stealing chicken get five years sentence. Second, to solve and
stop officials from corrupting people’s money is only by giving a death penalty. This will give
wary effect to the officials not to do corruptions anymore.
In conclusion, giving a death penalty to the corruptors, certainly, is an action against human
right. However, we have to think about the people who have become the victims of corruption.
Since corruption can not be vanished, society needs the definite move from the government, so the
society trusts that the government has run a clean and transparent administration. Of course before
sentence a corruptor, there are several perspectives. First is the quality of corruption. How much
numbers are corrupted and we have to see whether the person is a serial corruptor. Second, the
perspective that should be assessed is the perpetrator’s responsibility whether it is a strategic or not.
The last perspective is whether he is the main perpetrator and committed to do corruption. If those
points are confirmed, in my opinion, the death penalty may become the main option.
YENI PURTIKA
081222210028
C’08 EDU REG
WRITING III
Notes:
Bold : Thesis Statement
Underlined (Paragraph 1) : Arguments against the death penalty
Underlined (Paragraph 2) : Arguments for the death penalty
Font in Arial : Connectors
Grey : Modalities
Bold and Underlined : Thinking verb
Italicized : Adverb of Manner