Why Is Grendel Be Punished

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So Grendel had committed a crime when all the others had been sleeping. Grendel has this gene that makes him more wanting to do murder because he has this gene. I think that Grendel should still get punished but maybe not the same way as all the other get punished because he has the warrior gene. Grendell can't do anything about this warrior gene he has. He can't stop himself from killing warriors when they are sleeping. Grendell didn't live in the best environment when he was younger so that could have been a problem to him committing this murder. My side of this issue is Grendel couldn't do anything about genetically getting the gene from Cain. But Grendel should be less punished than other because he has the gene and some people don't have

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