Would Execution help?

Question

I'm just asking OK?
Would execution of the most serious offenders (and, may I add, the most costly to keep locked up) help to relieve prison overcrowding and save us a few quid in the UK?

Some criminals cannot be rehabilitated (Sicko Murderers -kiddie fiddlers - life means life etc) so why do we keep them?

The £100,000s per year per prisoner to keep them in solitary could be spent elsewhere saving lives!

Re: the £100,000s per year to keep a prisoner - I believe that this is a low estimate for a Solitary Cat A prisoner! Anyone know?

Answer 1

It certainly would save us a few quid,the murderers,terrorists etc. who are imprisoned constitute a drain on the state,they are causing overcrowding in prisons,easiest solution,top the lot !!!!!!!

Answer 2

I believe in execution only where there are eye witnesses to the murder. A trial by jury doesn't always work, and I would not want to be part of 'thou shalt not kill' if I wasn't sure I was right in my judgment.

I beleive men and women who are on death row so very long are there that long because society is not really sure they have the right person. Perhaps they're waiting for the murder to happen again or to have someone come forward or be caught in the act. This HAS happened in the past.

I also beleive that men and women who continually strive to be hard core criminals, who murder and rape innocent people are in my book an abomination of nature and should be dealt with accordingly.

Answer 3

Its not widely known but executing prisoners in the US costs around 7 times as much as putting them inprison for the rest of their natural life.

There are so many legal hearing, reviews etc before a person can be executed which costs millions. It is the case in the states where there have been many final hearings that schools have had to be closed to cover the costs.

Answer 4

NO NO NO!

the death penalty is wrong

in USA over 120 people have been released from death row in recent decades due to new evidence showing their innocence

in the 15 states with the highest murder rate, ALL of them have the death penalty - so its no deterrent

in the USA, At the trial level, death penalty cases are estimated to generate roughly $470,000 in additional costs to the prosecution and defense over the cost of trying the same case as an aggravated murder without the death penalty and costs of $47,000 to $70,000 for court personnel

the death penalty inevitably leads to innocent people being executed

would you be the one to tell the family?

Answer 5

I think it would; it is ridiculous to keep pedophiles and multiple murderers alive. Some people cannot be reformed; better to remove them from the realm of the living and send a STRONG MESSAGE to theyse types that their garbage will NOT be tolerated.

Answer 6

Good idea, but it's all terribly final, especially if you happen to be innocent of the crime.

Multiple safeguards must be in place, and any official found to have "fitted-up" a candidate for the chop must also face the same penalty WITHOUT recourse to any appeal!

Answer 7

I think they should be tortured. What ever the reason they are in prison should be done to them. Or, send them to some field and get stoned. For me, execution seems to be the easy way out.

Answer 8

I totally agree.. if it can be proved beyond reasonable doubt that they are mass murderers etc.. then yes Execution would help. But it will never happen to many do-gooders and PC brigade I'm afraid. ; )

Answer 9

We should do scientific experiments on them. And it's less than £100,00 per year to keep a person locked up.

Answer 10

You would basically be replacing the 100,000 pounds in prisoner upkeep with 100,000 in court costs and legal fees for all the appeals you'd face. Ultimately, the cost of killing them equals (approximately) the costs of imprisoning them. And eventually you'd kill someone who was actually innocent. Hopefully it would not end up being YOU.