Take the Pro or the Con Side of the Following

Essay

Take the pro or the con side of the following proposition: Persons in elective political offices who commit crimes involving moral turpitude (e.g., tax evasion, theft, rape, or fraud) should be sentenced more harshly, because of their positions of public trust, than should other nonpolitical persons who commit similar crimes. Both pro and con writers should state whether or not they think penalties do, in fact, differ for such persons.