Part one of term paper
Many criminals today serve their time in prison and are then set free. Most of them go on to commit other crimes, without learning the lesson their punishment was meant to teach. the worst punishment possible is torture and to live with ones own guilt. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is punished by having to stnd on a scaffold fo ...

Part two of term paper
... hand, has to live with his guilt. He is mentally troubled and his guilt lasts the rest of his life. People today have no fear about what might happen to them if they commit a crime. They serve their time and jail and are then set free. That is why there is so much crime where we live. For example many people in the mafia are caught and go to jail. Most of them do not go for their full life but for a couple of years. When they do get out of prison they are still in the mafia. The only thin ...