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Gaurav: Clearly, capital punishment has failed in our country. In the last 75 years, majority of those found guilty of the 'rarest of rare' crimes have come from underprivileged or impoverished background. These people had no access to education or jobs. So, instead of murdering such people, the government should focus on improving the conditions of the poor or the impoverished in the nation. This will act as a better deterrent than capital punishment.
Saurav: You are wrong. In the last decade, only terrorists or rapists have been given the capital punishment.
And it is a well-known fact that many terrorists are actually well-read people. Furthermore, psychologists have clearly stated that many of these criminals have a predetermined mindset which is the result of societal,not economic, conditionings. The government can't change the society.
Q. In support of which of the following does Gaurav state that capital punishment has failed in our country?
  • a)
    To highlight that capital punishment has not achieved its aim of acting as a deterrent for criminals.
  • b)
    To explain that economic background is the only factor that impacts the occurrence of severe crimes.
  • c)
    The highlight the fact that capital punishment has been abolished in most developed countries.
  • d)
    To explain that ensuring access to education and jobs will provide better deterrence to crime.
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?
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Gaurav opens his argument with this line and then goes on to talk about how most of the people sentenced to capital punishment are from poor socio-economic backgrounds. He goes on to state that providing facilities to these impoverished sections will provide better deterrence to rarest or rare crime. Thus, the reason for mentioning the failure of capital punishment goes beyond the need to state a fact. It is done primarily to provide a contrast with, what the author believes, are the real reasons for continuing crime. Option d captures this effectively and is the right answer.
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