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Crime And Punishment Differences From The United States

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Punishment difference seen in two different ways is explained and evaluated in The editorial Time to Assert American Values from The New York Times informs us of the sentencing of Michael Fay an 18-year-old from the United States who was found guilty of vandalism. The editorial gives us a bias view on the situation. The article “Rough Justice; A Caning in Singapore Stirs Up a Fierce Debate About Crime and Punishment”, by Alejandro Reyes explains to us in an non-bias view that Michael Fay broke a law in another country and is due for punishment by that country's punishment, but also tells us how the punishment can be seen as wrongful. After carefully analyzing the two texts, the reader realizes that the article “Rough Justice; A Caning in Singapore …show more content…

The Singaporean government helps in explaining how the harsh laws have begun to become the solution to a global problem not seen in Singapore. The article identifies with us that “Unlike some other societies which may tolerate acts of vandalism, Singapore has its own standards of social order as reflected in our laws. It is because of our tough laws against anti-social crimes that we are able to keep Singapore orderly and relatively crime-free” (Reyes 181). The harsh acts of punishment for lawbreaking which Singapore uses is acknowledged again when the statics are shown to us to show the dropping crime rate. The article presents to us that “Since 1988, government statistics show there has been a steady decline in the crime rate from 223 per 10,000 residents to 175 per 10,000 last year” (Reyes 182). The effectiveness of the harsh punishment for law breaking is expressed to us in this quote as a steady drop in crime rate is explained to us. The sources of the article “Rough Justice” show that it is a more reliable and dependable article to pursue readers to learn and read about the Michael Fay case and …show more content…

The editorial acclaims the idea that the punishment given to Michael Fay was wrong and expresses that “While this country cannot dictate to the government of Singapore, no one should fail to exhort it to behave mercifully” (“Time to Assert” 179.) The quote shows that Singapore should have some mercy on Michael Fay because the editorial believes the punishment was too harsh and is vocalizing the thoughts of the people who feel the same way about how harshly he was punished in regard to breaking a Singapore law. The editorial does express also because of how long Singapore has been combating crime with harsh punishment that there many of acts that aren't dealt with. The editorial states “ There are millions of acts of brutality that cannot be exposed and combated” (“ Time to Assert” 179). This quote shows us, the readers that even with these millions of brutal acts they can not be exposed or

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