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

toff

Nope.

slickmick9000

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.

st.abbs

Only if the Police force was re-organised and the corrupt officers were given the boot along with the C.P.S who make deals with solicitors and Judges who give unreasonably low sentences for major crimes.

Matt

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.

piglet

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.

Trixie Bordello

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.

Big T

I do try to be patient, but do get exasperated.
Richard T, and your ilk - every conviction in the UK is brought "beyond reasonable doubt". By your criterion all of those people convicted should suffer the consequences of that guilt.

Unfortunately, a proportion of them are innocent.

Apologise to the family and friends of those innocent people you have exercised your justified retribution on.

pollockcs

Let the punishment fit the crime. If the murderer made is people suffer cruelly then make him suffer accordingly.

jainee

Electric chair forget the birch bring back stocks public humiliation

crunch

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.

Shane M

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.

yahooisawastofspaceremoveme

Well we never had the electric chair to bring back. but bring back the birch. for the lesser crimes.

greagues2

Pray Tell Me: Have you ever heard of the 'Gillford Four' or any other such misscarrige of justice - anywhere in the world.
"I dreamt - I saw Joe Hill last night".

Richard

A resounding "Yes".

Julie

Yes,yes and yes.and yes again.

GANJI

yes,also slavery,cannibalism,human sacrifices.......but some of us have evolved since then!

Wallace H

No it should only be brought back for murders, rapists,child molesters.If it is a burglary gone bad and someone is killed.

princess

Yes it should.

Rich T

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!

Duisend-poot

Yes, too many murderers running around , too many rapists running around, too many abusers etc. Hang them all.Hang on your head Tom -Dooley, hang on your head and dieeee.
Seriously i feel strongly about this, no murderer should go scot-free they should die as well. Specially those that kill kids, granny's etc no excuse for them.:(

Denny

Nothing quite like a good old hanging

Wal

YES YES YES YES YES , I think it is still in force in the Ilse of Mann, and it works ( the birch that is )

Ding Dong

yes to the death penalty but by lethal injection. And yes to the birch

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