Harleyman Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Bringing back the death penalty in the UK is a moot point. Capital punishment has been outlawed in the European Union. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Can you prove this? Have the vast majority of murderers confided in you? Don't trouble yourself, I will answer these two questions for you: No, and No Can you prove that the threat of capital punishment would not, and has never in the past, deter/ed someone from murdering? I will let you answer this one for yourself so that you may save face. Murders and murderers have been well studied. Have you bothered to look up any of the resulting data? I'll answer that for you, No. Capital punishment doesn't act as a deterrent, there was no jump in the rate of murders in the UK when it was abolished, it doesn't differ between US states with and without the penalty, academic studies are more rigorous, but they all reach the same conclusion, no deterrent affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Bringing back the death penalty in the UK is a moot point. Capital punishment has been outlawed in the European Union. Yes, fortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 South Africa hanged 1,123 people at Pretoria Central prison between 1980 and 1989, Solomon Ngobeni being the last on November 14th, 1989. That was the last judicial execution in South Africa. This would have given it the highest rate of judicial execution anywhere in the world per capita, by a mile. An absolute mile. Much higher than even Singapore's today. nearly all, 99% of those executed, each by hanging, were just 'ordinary' criminals, and murderers. Some of them were even executed for crimes less than murder. Hardly any were 'terrorists' or guilty of 'political' offences. since 1989, the murder rate in South Africa has increased by 10%. Does this mean that capital punishment is a deterrent? no. It just means the murder rate in South Africa has increased by 10% in the past 20 years, since they abolished capital punishment. The two things haven't got anything to do with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Capital punishment has been outlawed in the European Union. It should be brought in for corruption. That way we'd get rid of most of the European lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 I spy for the FBI. I spy for MFI. I don't think as a member of a jury I could be a part of sentencing someone to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 I've heard that crud before and it's just as much bull now as every other time I've heard it. Have you seriously never heard of the phrase "Dead men make poor witnesses"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 He Killed some people, So in the world you live in 2 very young schoolgirls walking through there home village are SOME PEOPLE. If Ian Huntley was executed -guess what ? There would be one less monster to feed which can only be GOOD. Since the main focus of your argument appears to be revenge, what would be your view if you discovered Huntley actually wanted to die because it would be sticking two fingers up to the system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Since the main focus of your argument appears to be revenge, what would be your view if you discovered Huntley actually wanted to die because it would be sticking two fingers up to the system? I could live with that, perhaps then some of my taxes could go towards making life a little easier financially for the living victims of his crimes, take some of their financial burdens away for a while so they can come to terms with the fact that their beautiful little daughters were drowned then set on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Yeah, it works really well in the US, look how low their murder rate is.Yes but just about anyone and their grandmother can own a gun there so surely there is an increased risk factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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