Should hanging or the electric chair be brought back for murderers and the birch for muggers, burglars etc?

Answer 1

Nope.

Answer 2

Bring back the birch. As far as hanging or the electric chair, the punishment should fit the crime. Remember that there is many years of appeals for a convicted murderer, if they chose to go that route, in which the victims family and loved ones continue to suffer from a lack of applied justice.

Answer 3

You are allowed in English law to use "reasonable force" to protect yourself. This could include any level of injury to the burglar, but it is not covered in deliberately killing him, for example. I think that is just about right and proportional. A burglar claiming for accidental injury is a popular myth. Give us an example, since anyone going to the civil courts for injury claims must go with "clean hands" As for "holiday camp" prisons - why do so many try so hard to not end up there? It is hardly a holiday camp. Prisoners NEED privileges, mainly because they heavily outnumber prison officers, and would end up throwing roof tiles off if the regime was too harsh, and privileges can be removed and reinstated to punish or reward bad or good behaviour. I don't know of any prison officers who would seriously say taking away things like TV is a good idea. And the ones on shorter sentences get fewer creature comforts.

Answer 4

HELL YES. Public hanging is something I think should have never been removed from the public forum. I think murderers, rapists, and child molesters all would stop doing these horrible acts of hate if they knew POSITIVELY that death by hanging was their reward. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. Oh I know I will probably catch it for this answer, but what is working to stop this behavior now? I don't think it is working. Who knows maybe this will. Yes bring back old SPARKY he was good for the really worst of the bad behaved animals. They don't have mercy for a puppy, but we have mercy for those who it is wasted on. SO TOTALLY UNFAIR TO ALL THE FAMILIES THIS HAS TO BE CORRECTED. THEY SHOULD GET WHAT THEY HAVE COMING IF YOU CAN HAND IT OUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE IT AS WELL. YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE OUT.

Answer 5

Lots of people voting yes. Fine. OK. Can we be sure that we always execute the right person? There have been enough miscarriages of justice in the UK to make me seriously doubt this. The last hangman in the UK,Albert Pierrpoint, came to the conclusion that capital punishment did not deter( it's stated aim) and was little more than officially sanctioned vengeance. By all means imprison murderers, rapists, and paedophiles; they should stay there until they die.

Answer 6

Electric chair forget the birch bring back stocks public humiliation

Answer 7

I think this question was posted to get people pissed off. However, as a future criminologist, I am against the death penalty and I am surprised and disturbed to read some of the answers that were written. Having done extensive research in this area, there is no conclusive evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, there has been evidence that the crime rate actually increases after an execution. This anomaly is known as the brutalization theory.

Answer 8

I think the only honest answer is yes, and know it......
Plus a three strikes and you're out, with life meaning life, not 8 years or so.
If new labour wants to drag its heels over building new prisons, this is the way forward. Also capital punishment for rape, pedophiles and major drug dealers.
That will start reducing the over crowding in prisons.
And get rid of concurrent for consecutive jail terms only.
Lets put the victim first, not like currupt new labours thinking.

Answer 9

No - we've moved on from all that. Think about it someone who assaults somebody and becuase they have done wrong and assaulted somebody .. you assault them. But that's meant to be wrong. I've been in prison for assault earlier this year and that's bad enough. Against the death penalty too for teh same reason but also there's no bringing an innocent person back - remember a judge said he would have liked to give the death penalty to the Birmingham 6 and then they were proved innocent.

Answer 10

I am against the death penalty. However, I would like to seem some data concerning public floggings. My personal opinion would be that if floggings were done and done publicly, we would have a lot less minor crime. Maybe floggings for selling drugs, using drugs, buying drugs, prostitution, hiring a prostitute.
I wonder if anyone has a done a study in Asia where they still doing canning?

Answer 11

I realise that this is probably just a wind up question, but I honestly feel that it should be brought back. Only in cases where its 100% obvious who the culprit is. This Ipswich thing for example and the Ian Huntley problems from a couple of years ago may not have happened if these people knew that if found guilty they were going to be "put to sleep".

It wouldnt work in all cases, but imho the cases that the evidence is 100% it should be used.

Now all you "do gooders" why not report me or give me a thumbs down!