The following passage has blanks that have been numbered (1) to (4). From the given words, fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
In light of the recent happenings, the nation is again ....(1) .......in a debate on capi- tal punishment. Considerable opposition to capital punishment has come from the legal scholarship quarters. It views the use of capital punishment as ...... (2)........ as it uses hate to fight hate. People who support capital punishment, it argues, have failed to make a ......(3)........ between justice and revenge, thereby normal- ising crime. It says research studies have clearly shown that capital punishment does not act as a ....... (4) ........ to violent crimes.