A British man being hanged?

Question

Does anyone find it strange that a "British" man is attracting such interest, just because, as a murderer, he is subject to another country's penalties? It has even been suggested that he may be pardoned, just because Prince Charles has show an interest in him; to murder again?

Surely if you murder in a country where they will hang you, that's the risk you take?

OK dogbob: so did he murder someone or didn't he?

Yes, Roxy, we know that a sexist remark can divert attention from the issue raised!

Answer 1

Alan Q, you are not fully informed. The official court in Pakistan found him NOT GUILTY. Because real power in Pakistan resides with the Religious (Sharia Law Courts), they insisted on trying this case themselves, unsurprisingly, they found him guilty, and again, unsurprisingly, they want to execute him. DO YOU STILL AGREE WITH IT?

THERE WAS A TIME, NOT LONG AGO, WHEN NO COUNTRY WOULD DARE HANG A BRITISH SUBJECT, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE PAID THE PRICE.

Answer 2

I agree with your sentiments exactly. However, what really annoys me is how muslims can be 'dual nationality' and only ever admit to being 'British' when it suits them.....ie when they have been caught for an illegal act as in this case and they hope we will all drop everything to let them live, then the moment they come back their adopted country they hate us again! And what about those 'So called' Brits at Guantanimo.....If they didn't think this government would try to help them they would give us a second thought that why they were there fighting for the 'Taliban' in the first place!
Regardless of race and religion however.....when You fly to places like Thailand you are given enough warnings before you land on the death penalty for drugs....yet people still do it, get caught and plead ..'Please don't kill me I'm British'!! They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it!

Answer 3

I have no quarrel with the worthies who have justified the proposed hanging of the hapless culprit. But the oblique suggestion against Prince Charles that it was throrough his machination that he may not be hanged is really galling. Prince Charles is in favour of abolishing death penalt y altogether and from this high pedestal he has given his opinion. I am also one with the Prince. Back home in India the latest candidate for the handman's noose is Afzal. However, I for one feel that the sentence should be commuted to Life Term. I am not a Kasshmiri nor a Muslim.

Answer 4

Thats a tough one as if was about to be sexually assaulted then it may be justifiable. But a lot of foreign countries take things on face value and investiagting is minimal. EG the richard gere movie 'Red corner'. But at the same time as a visitor to these countries you have to realise that. You dont take your own laws with you when you go abroad. You have to respect the laws of the country you are in, however much you agree or do not agree with them. I wish the same could be said to the present day situation in the uk!

Answer 5

Thats the risk you take when you go to these types of countries. Not everywhere is a soft touch like the UK. I say hang him just for just being stupid enough to get into the situation. Where there's smoke....

Oh yes and for you bleeding hearts, it's was not a religous court that condemmed him, they just found him guilty, because they're not tied to the same loophole riddled justice system that British style court is, it was the victims family that condemned him, which is their right in that country. If some other country tried to take your right, you may be singing a different tune.

Answer 6

yep, thats the risk. We hear alot of it here in Australia, on the news quite often there are teenagers in trouble in Bali or someother prison for drug running. It is the risk you take, everyone knows the risk and you can't plead ignorance. If the British officials couldn't help poor Ken Bigley and his mates in Iraq, how dare we interfere now? What must that say to an innocent mans' widow and family? Somehow, we've managed to get it wrong.........again

Answer 7

I find it quite ridiculous, there are innocent British people all over the world who, for one reason or another, have found themselves up against the laws and judicial systems of another country, where gross miscarriages of justice take place as well as blatant abuses of their human rights, yet in those situations, the british government and the media do nothing, yet just because Charlie is off there, they highlight this one. People want to see what goes on elsewhere and put things into perspective here, study websites such as Fair Trials Abroad and the EU Human Rights websites to see crap like this going on all over

Answer 8

I find it strange that any country still continues the barbarism of the death penalty. Most civilized countries have abolished it. The number of men, proven innocent, who were on death row in America, shows the danger of it. It is not a deterrent, as shown repeatedly. It is ALWAYS applied unfairly. It is a barbarism and needless, since a convicted man can always be given 'life without parole.'
As for a citizen of one country under sentence of death in another, history can point to numerous examples of governments -- all governments -- intervening to protect their citizens in similar situations.

Answer 9

Well, typically it seems, people don't want to be responsible for their own actions. Even worse, there are people, typically liberals, who don't want people to pay for their actions.

Similar thing happened to an American kid who did some vandalization in Singapore. A lot of Americans protested, but he still got a public caning.

I have no issues with people being subject to the laws of the country they commit crimes in, providing they get a fair trial.

Answer 10

I think I must be a be out of it on this one. I thought the issue was that he had been found innocent at some point, but because of legal issues there he was still going to be hanged?