Will the UK ever bring back the Death Penalty....?

Question

Is it time we did..?
Your thoughts please..

Most off you would like it back it is was to Hang a killer of one of your Family...

But iv seen "Only if they killed the Queen" ... Why .? she is no more important than you or your children..

Steve 101.... Nice to have some "open thinking" ... and i think your right.

Just a "After Thought" ...Why Hanging..? i never asked that....But its come up.. Why not "The Chair ".. or lethal injection..!....

monkeyman....You have a good fight ... bye.

oopps ..Flight.. even..

Answer 1

That's a very interesting question -and it lies totally in the hands of the politicians, so therefore it is extremely unlikely to be brought back.
However, if there were an actual vote on this issue, the country would almost certainly be in favour of the death penalty coming back!
Ironic, but true...

Answer 2

This question pops up once a week, more or less. I guess people are seeing the film Pierrepoint and liking it. Or maybe Let Him Have It and not liking it.

The UK cannot bring back the death penalty so long as it stays in the European Union. And so long as it stays in the Council of Europe. The 6th Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits the Death Penalty under all circumstances. Every country in Europe is a member, except some unrecognised states (Turkish Rep. of N. Cyprus; Transdniestria) is a member.

A couple of months ago a Y! Q/A participant on the French list asked the following: "Qui, au 19° siècle, avait proposé d'abolir la peine de mort, et, à la place, de crever les yeux du condamné ?" ("Who, in the 19th Century, proposed abolishing the death penalty and, in its place, plucking out the eyes of the condemned?")

The Asker, a secondary school teacher in France, got no replies and so he gave his answer: Jules Ferry. Ferry was French minister of education in the 19th Century, and a lot of streets and schools are named after him -- after all he instituted free, secular education for all. I haven't been able to track down such a proposal on any site, French or otherwise, and I note that the Asker has since deleted his question. Still, plucking out eyes isn't so final as the guillotine, is it?

Answer 3

No. Even after the abolition of the death penalty the execution chamber was quietly preserved in Pentonville Prison, just in case it became law again. However, the Human Rights legislation has put paid to its return, as to execute a criminal is against his human rights, being cruel and degrading punishment. That is one reason why Turkey is finding it so hard to join the EU. The Council of Europe -- and also the European Union -- now insist on a death penalty ban before allowing in any new members. It has been made clear that should any country return to a system involving the death penalty, it will be expelled from the Council of Europe.

Answer 4

I can bet you all my worldly possessions that the death penalty will not be brought back. Why? Becasue there are far too many do-gooders who would not allow that to happen, even though many people would love to see it being brought back. It is viewed as barbaric and all that but I think it is a lot more economical to have them executed than kept for the rest of their life in a prison on taxpayers' money. It costs about £500 pounds per week to keep one of these b*stards in prison, now if one is sentenced for life, that means a lot of our money. If a lot more were executed then more lenient punishments can be made more strict because there would suddenly be a lot more spaces freed up in prisons. All sentencing would get tougher so perhaps there would be a lot less crime committed.

Answer 5

I got here up with a term called 'Left wing waft', meaning a dift of potential in the direction of the left-wing sided personel with the progressing of time. this is a phenomenon this is noted international-huge and with little exception. The occurance of the phenomenon isn't a non-end waft, yet extra like a observed-tooth action. 2 steps left, a million step good; yet extra irratic; yet over the years it relatively is the left that prevails. this suggests to respond to your question, will the dying penalty ever be extra lower back interior the united kingdom? the respond is - No, i'm ninety 9.9% specific.

Answer 6

No, I cannot see the UK bringing back the death penalty,here is why:.......................
When the 6th Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights was ratified on 20 May 1999 all provisions for the death penalty in peacetime were prohibited (although they had all been abolished by this time). The UK later (October 10, 2003) acceded to the 13th Protocol, which prohibits the death penalty under all circumstances.
I believe it should be introduced for certain crimes,

Answer 7

A glance at the list of countries which still have the death penalty is the most powerful argument against it.

Answer 8

One day we hope so but as these things take time most of us will be pushing up daisies before that ever happens again as there are a lot of law things to enable it to become law again,& this government hasn`t got the gaul to even get it into the statue book.

Answer 9

Not while we have these 'wet pr*cks' in power. Maybe they know that if it came back the chances are 'Teflon Tone' would be the 1st to go! and they're trying to protect him. We should have a referendum on it so we can ALL have our say, not leave it to bunch of pompus self important pr*cks to decide!!!

Answer 10

Only outside the UK. It's OK to condemn foreigners, outside the British Isles. Not that I think Saddam doesn't deserve it. I just don't accept dual standards.