Bring back the death penalty ?

Question

A paedophile has walked free, murderers are kept alive at our expense? Time to bring back hanging and serve justice? A good deterrant?
Controversial I know but only constructive answers are welcome.

Answer 1

well it will certainly sort out the overcrowding issues in prisons, youre right! when they let that fat sack of shite walk free after fiddling with kids what sort of society do we live in? they call it civilised, how can it be when our kids, elderly and women are not safe on the streets in broad daylight because of warped, vermin scum being allowed freedom to do just as they please, knowing full well that there is no penalty to pay.

Answer 2

Here are just a few verifiable facts about the death penalty- this issue is too important to decide without knowing them. All of these facts refer to the United States.

The death penalty isn’t a deterrent. Homicide rates are higher in states that have the death than in states which do not have it. Most people who commit murder do not think they will be caught (if they think at all.)

The death penalty system costs much more than a system that does not have the death penalty. Much of these extra costs come way before the appeals begin. (This money ought to be spent on victims services, which are underfunded.)

Over 120 people on death rows have been released with evidence of their innocence. Some had spent decades on death row. Speeding up the system will guarantee the execution of an innocent person.

After an execution, the case is closed. If the wrong person was executed the real killer is still out there.

More and more states (48 out of 50) have life without parole on the books. It means what it says and is no picnic to be locked up for 23 of 24 hours a day, forever.

The death penalty can be very hard on the families of murder victims. As the process goes on they are forced to relive their ordeal in the courts and in the media. Life without parole is sure and swift and rarely appealed.

Opposing the death penalty does not mean you excuse brutal crimes or believe murderers should go unpunished. It means you are using common sense. Revenge is not a smart basis for deciding this.

Answer 3

Totally disagree on four main points

1. No one has the right to take someone elses life and this includes the state.

2. Paedophiles need treatment not the death sentence.

3. High risk of executing an innocent person, with many recent cases of miscarriages of justice. The high profile Birmingham Six and Guildford Four spring to mind.

4. As the UK is part of the EU it could not bring back capital punishment.

What we do need to do is to totally revisit the criminal justice system and only use prison as a last resort. The UK is now in the daft position of locking up more of its citizens than any other country in europe and it costs approx 1000 pounds to lock up a prisoner per week.

We must try to identify potential problem families as early as possible [Nursery school] and target resources at reducing offending. Dealing with the problem at the other end is not only wasteful but often too late.

Answer 4

There are over 7,000 people awaiting execution in Pakistan alone.


And as I am always saying, try researching how many people are executed in Saudi Arabia each week after Friday lunchtime prayers. No Death Row there. Do the crime, be tried , die all in one week!

Something tells me it doesn't work as a deterrent and which ever way you look at it, those 7,000 in Pakistan are still being kept alive at their government's expense.

Plus ( for Larry J7) little old Lone Star State,Texas, had 392 inmates on Death Row last October. Yes! I can surely see that it works as a deterrent there......What percentage of the population would that be?

Answer 5

I don't think it should be brought back, to many innocent people are sitting in jail right now. The people who administer the death penalty are no different then the person that did the crime. Murder is murder no matter how you look at it.

Answer 6

In principle yes. But in practise it is very dangerous, what about all these people recently who have been acquitted years after being found guilty?
The IRA bombers, Birmingham and Guildford, released a few years back are a good case in point, if the death penalty was around they, in all likelihood, would have been executed, only for their families to find out years later that they were in fact innocent.

Can you imagine the compensation? that would have to be paid from mine and your taxes, so we can expect yet more tax increases.

What about the moral standpoint? what gives anyone the right to take someone elses life? is it right to kill someone who because they have killed?

I would rather see these people suffer for the rest of their lives in prison. The death penalty would be a let off for these sick individuals.

Answer 7

The death penalty for the crime of possesing child pornography seems a little bit over the top. I will always be against the death penalty because you can get it wrong. How many people have been let out after twenty years because the conviction was wrong? Imagine what would be going through your mind just before the long drop if you knew you hadn't commited the crime?

Answer 8

I asked a similar question a few weeks ago...and have come to the conclusion that the appeals system within our courts is too generous, criminals should only be allowed one appeal and if they're found guilty again, give it up. As for the death penalty, are you suggesting only those criminals who have committed violent crimes i.e. rape, murder, etc., or are we including everything? Personally, I think it would be a very effective way to cut down the overpopulation in our prisons and might serve as a deterrent for some future potential criminals, if they had to face the death penalty, perhaps they would think twice about what they were about to do. As far as their upkeep at our expense, I have never agreed with that, teach them to farm and raise their own food, build their own shelters, perhaps in a concentration-camp environment. Works for me!

Answer 9

Present system of punishment is questionable. You have to feed the criminals at State cost. Islamic system is a good deterrent but it require Judges of high integrity and non-Muslims may demand the right to prosecute them according to their own belief. Condonation is part of the system but no government will make it operative. There are rights of persons affected.
The best way is to re-examine the system of punishment. Financial burden should be placed on criminals and more community service including odd jobs should be taken from them. Life should be made hard for them to create a fear. Heirs of the deceased may be given right to recommend mercy appeal before final judgment.

Answer 10

While yes he is right there are alot of people set free after being proved Innocent. There is also so much crime and if we had harsher punishments people would be less likely to commit the crimes. It's just like when you have children, if my son does something wrong and I send him to his room and in there he can sit and play video games, watch TV and play with his toys of course he's not really going to learn not to do it again he's going to know he can have fun in his room. But if I put him in a corner or somewhere he can't do anything he's going to think twice about it. They are also treated too good in the prisons a friend of mine went to prison and there he watched cable TV ever night, joined a volley ball team, and they even had movie night where they got to watch movies that were still in the movies. It seems if you are going to jail you shouldn't get privileges.

Answer 11

The death penalty is alive and well in some states.
Yes it should be expanded.
The long days of "no consequences" have hurt our nation, or children and our civilization.
In the Bible there is a verse that says (roughly) "let all who see, be afraid", There is no fear of punishment anymore. Prisons are air conditioned, color TV, lazy man's paradise.

I believe re-arming the citizens would go a long way to alleviate crime.
How many carjackers would follow thru knowing, as they walk up to a car, that there may be a .45 aimed at their gut.

How many rapist would continue knowing that the ladies all had 9mm