Help i need to do an editorial for l.a. class and this is the question should child abusers be punished more?

Question by brattypup_23: Help i need to do an editorial for l.a. class and this is the question should child abusers be punished more?
The question is should child abuse punishment be stricter
Points for and against please

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Answer by Mrs. B
Well, the for stricter punishment argument should cite examples of the trauma caused by abuse, and that it stays with people and affects children their entire life and into adulthood. Another point to cross over is the loss of innocence and how an abuser is not only a predator during the abuse but mentally haunts the victim forever. Plus keeping people like this off the streets for longer and possibly stopping further abuse.

And the against argument is basically that it wouldn’t be fair to single out child abusers, if you are making stricter sentences for child abusers then you have to do it across the board, stricter sentences to all abusers or increase prison time for all crimes or violent crimes. Some people may argue that it is cruel and unusual to the prisoner? Also, there have been cases where they have imprisoned the wrong person, so if the death penalty was put into motion then the wrong person could be put to death.

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