- to reduce crime rateEX: Death penalty can reduce crime rate in a society.
- rehabilitationEx: rehabilitation aims to make prisoners better citizens.
- offendersEX: Prisoner make friends with other offenders.
- to discourage sb from doing sthEX: People should be discouraged from breaking the law from an early age.
- to executeEX: In several countries, the people who commit serious crimes are executed.
- SpeedEX: The people who speed should be arrested.
- to act as a deterrentEX: Capital punishment can act as deterrent.
- to severely punish sbEX: The people who commit serious crimes should be severely punished.
- drugEX: He was convicted of smuggling drugs.
- to be/pose a threat to sthEX: The criminals who pose a threat to the society should be severely punished.
- to encourage violenceEX:Some people believe that capital punishmebt is not fair. Besides, they maintain that death penalty can encourage aggressive behaviour and violence.
- to bring sb to trialEX: The people who compel children to work from an early age should be brought to trial.
- raise public awareness about sthEX: Governments should raise public awareness about the consequences of committing crimes.
- to imposehefty fines on sthEx: The police should impose hefty fines on cuuting dowb trees.
- to be convicted of ...EX: Davis was convicted of murder in his trial.
- to burglarizeburglarEX: The doctor's office was burglarized, according to police.
- to enforce strict lawsEX: The government should enforce strict laws so as to prevent people from littering.
- to murdermurdererEX: They murdered thousands of people during the civil war.
- juvenile delinquencyEx: working from an early age can lead to juvenile deliquency.
- to testify against sbEX: Later, the witness who had testified against Susan was found dead in his house.