If you think the Death Penalty should be brought back to the UK for conviced murderers let me know your reasons and if you dont think it should be brought back id like to hear your reasons for it as well.
2006-11-10 07:30:16 · 32 answers · asked by AliG 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i am unsure, my first thought was yes after all a 25 years sentence reduced to 12 for 'good behaviour' doesn't fit the crime. So a life for a life would seem logical and possibly reasonable. However we have all heard of miscarriages of justice, what possible compensation could we give to those people who have had family members wrongly put to death.
Tough i realise there is server over crowing in prisons and that this needs to be addressed i don't think the death penalty should be the way to do it.
However if there was stronger sentencing in this country to say that the criminal never gets out. Many more people would be put off and i think the families of victims and the public would be reassured.
These days it is sad to say that you get more time in jail for stealing money from the government than you do for crimes against a person including violence offences and rape. It's very unbalanced.
Crimes such as paedophiles should never be released as there is NO evidence to ever even suggest that there is a possibility that they could be rehabilitated. Why do we let these people continue to abuse the privilege of freedom? only to destroy young lives and the lives of those around them.
2006-11-10 07:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People don't choose to become psycopaths, so why should they be punished with the death penalty for something they had no choice over? For some people, death is the easy way out, spending life in prison is much worse. You claim they can't be reformed or rehabilitated. Please could you explain what rehabilitation is, and what the process involves on a daily basis with prisoners? The media always avoid this issue, they say rehabilitation doesn't work, but fail to explain, what it is exactly, and why it doesn't work. edit- the crimes committed by Huntley, Baby p's murderers etc. have happened since the dawn of time, the death penalty will not reduce these crimes, nor will it make children safer by executing such individuals.
2016-05-22 03:20:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Death penalty should be reintroduced, I take on board the fact that there has been a number of wrong full arrests and to provide a death sentence the case would have to be more than a reasonable case, there would have to be absolutely no doubt.
Child murderers should be first in the list as far as I am concerned
especially if sexual molesting has taken place, killing of A policeman should also be an automatic death sentence. Other laws also need to be introduced like castration of paedophiles who have molested or raped children. Criminals should pay compensation to their victims by working on schemes of national interest i.e. what about maintenance of sea walls, with global warming sea Walls will have to be built in some areas, there are a multitude of jobs criminals can do but make them work and I mean work. Prison should be about keeping those that are violent and a threat to our security.
2006-11-11 03:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by Redmonk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once a week, right on schedule, somebody asks this question.
Without quitting both the European Union and the Council of Europe (EVERY European country is a member of the Council) and the European Convention on Human Rights, especially its Protocol 6 (banning capital punishment under all cicumstances) AND abrogating the European Communities Act 1972 and the Human Rights Act 1998, it's impossible to reintroduce the death penalty in the UK.
Even the UKIP hasn't dreamed of quitting the Council and the Convention.
2006-11-10 08:12:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
We all would've heard the news this week about the man who spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and the only reason he's been released is because of new DNA technology that proved it wasn't him. If there was 100% DNA evidence that someone had commited murder, then yes, the death penalty should be legal...but if you bring it in for murder, then it should also be brought in for child abuse and rape, and I just feel that with DNA technology constantly improving, I wouldn't feel entirely safe that "guilty" actually means "guilty".
Don't get me wrong, I think people should be punished for their act's, but I just don't have that much faith in the UK justice system.
2006-11-10 07:36:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anon 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not a VERY original question... which is going to bring up the same answers... no it shouldn't for a few good reasons...
1 - Proving guilt beyond all doubt is still not possible in many cases
2 - The last 2 hangings in the UK were later found to be wrongful.
3 - If you do get it wrong... what then?
4 - The police HAVE been known to pick people on shakey grounds for the sake of having a suspect (the birmingham 6 springs to mind)
5 - It all revolves around an 'act now worry later' policy which is scary...
and all those in support would probably not be so vocal is they were on death row for a crime they didn't commit...
the law is NOT blind and justice isn't always served
Hence no death penalty.
2006-11-10 07:34:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
This is the way that I feel for the UK and anywhere else.
If a dude killed my daughter while he was robbing her or raped her, then he has surrendered his rights as a human being. He has no right to live if my daughter is dead because of his criminal behavior. In that case, if it is proved beyond a doubt that he did the crime, I think he should be executed. I would only regret that I couldn't actually hit the button to start the lethal injections. In many areas, lethal injections if the preferred means of executions.
TX Guy
2006-11-10 07:59:03 · answer #7 · answered by txguy8800 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have dna now which enough proof for me that someone committed a murder so it should be a life for a life. when the courts are totally sure that someone murdered then the person should not be allowed to live and breathe.It should be instant death for the murder of a police officer and despite all the politically correct brigade getting their knickers in a twist there would be plenty of people in the UK who would be the hangman.
2006-11-10 07:37:01 · answer #8 · answered by little weed 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO - NO - NO.
An eye for an eye! , that's pure unadulterated bollocks. Two wrongs don't make a right. I have been a victim , apart from the initial revulsion and emotions , I have no right to say whether the assailant should get 'exactly' what occurred to me. The death penalty is frought with dangers. What about the 'wrongfully convicted' , after some new technology , they are found to be innocent and they have already been sent to their death. This United Kingdom is a mature democratic State that got rid of State barbarism decades ago. This should be left well alone.
2006-11-10 07:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
yes i think the death penalty should be brought back for convicted murderers also for rapists. Because life is a very valuable thing to have, anybody who takes a life should not be allowed to live in prison at the tax payers expense.Rapists should not be allowed to live because what they do ruins not only there victims life but also the lives of the rest of the victims family
2006-11-10 07:43:50 · answer #10 · answered by LEFTY 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋