Criminals are wicked and deserve punishment debate against or for the motion

Against.
Often criminals are not born criminals but are shaped by their environment while growing up. External factors influenced their mindset and made it the way it is. Trauma may be included. For example, a person who sexually abused someone may be doing that because in the past someone had also sexually abused the person. That person wants people to experience what he/her went through and so sexually abuses people. There is no right or wrong in this matter.
For.
The criminal might be conscious of what it's effects can cause to the victim but still does it. An example can be raping. Raping can make them feel like they were successful in life, like they achieved a success. This is a severely twisted mindset where they do not take others into consideration and follow their impulses with no restraint. Like before, there is no right or wrong in this matter.

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