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No.
1. For many murderers that know they will get a tough ride in prison death is the easy way out - e.g Fred West.
2. It would be too late for those innocents wrongly accused - eg Stephan Siftsko ( much better example than Barry George).
3.Although argued by some contributors countries with the death penalty do not have lower levels of serious crimes - USA anyone?
4. As human beings we do not have the right to choose to end the life of another.
I do however agree with the contributors that point out that life imprisonment should mean life. The courts should be able to decree that some crimes mean that the chance of rehabilitation is not an option. |
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xxjojoxx
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No, death is an easy way out for someone who has commited a crime so terrible that it requires that sentence. I think they should be left to rot in jail the way jail used to be with no treats, tv, games, phones, nice meals. Lock them up and give them bread and water. They dont deserve human rights |
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joan k
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No there are too many miscarriages of justice for it to be safe. How would you feel if it was a member of your family and then they were found to be innocent |
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BRENT P
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But how do we ensure that the criminal justice system is infallible and the innocent are not wrongly convicted? Is it fair to execute people and then discover in later years that they were innocent? |
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Richard P
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No. It's too final. At least if the person is merely imprisoned, then if they are later found to actually be innocent, they can be set free. At present I don't know of any way to bring people back from the dead if a trial was later found to have a defective judgement! |
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Susydances
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No purely because of the number of wrongly imprisoned innocent people. Also two wrongs dont make a right. But yeah the death penalty would never be introduced its too controversial. |
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frankiex22x
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In some cases or at least a life sentance should mean life not 10/15 years if your lucky! |
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El Guapo
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No. I supported capital punishment for a long time, but I have changed my stance over the years, for several reasons:
1. By far the most compelling is this: Sometimes the legal system gets it wrong. In the last 30 years in the U.S. alone, over 100 people have been released from death row because they were exonerated by DNA evidence. Unfortunately, DNA evidence is not available in most cases. No matter how rare it is, the government should not risk executing one single innocent person.
Really, that should be reason enough for most people. If you need more, read on:
2. Because of higher pre-trial expenses, longer trials, extra expenses associated with prosecuting a DP case, and the appeals process (which is necessary - see reason #1), it costs taxpayers MUCH more to execute prisoners than to imprison them for life.
3. The deterrent effect is questionable at best. Violent crime rates are actually higher in death penalty jurisdictions. This may seem counterintuitive, and there are many theories about why this is (Ted Bundy saw it as a challenge, so he chose Florida – the most active execution state at the time – to carry out his final murder spree). Personally, I think it has to do with the hypocrisy of taking a stand against murder…by killing people. The government becomes the bad parent who says, ‘do as I say, not as I do.’
4. There’s also an argument to be made that death is too good for the worst of our criminals. Let them wake up and go to bed every day of their lives in a prison cell, and think about the freedom they DON’T have, until they rot of old age. When Ted Bundy was finally arrested in 1978, he told the police officer, “I wish you had killed me.” Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (the architect of the 9/11 attacks) would love nothing better than to be put to death. In his words, "I have been looking to be a martyr [for a] long time."
5. Most governments are supposed to be secular, but for those who invoke Christian law in this debate, you can find arguments both for AND against the death penalty in the Bible. For example, Matthew 5:38-39 insists that violence shall not beget violence. James 4:12 says that God is the only one who can take a life in the name of justice. Leviticus 19:18 warns against vengeance (which, really, is what the death penalty amounts to). In John 8:7, Jesus himself says, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." |
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VANESSA B
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I would say so but what about Barry George and Timothy Evans both guilty until eventually proven innocent.Sadly too late for poor Timothy |
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SEC ONE
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The way things are today if you added the death penalty i think you may find it will just add fuel to the fire, its already been proven its not a deterent, for what would you introduce it? murder? or just a general lets top anyone who commits a crime type thing? is murder worse than rape or child abuse? if someone raped my girl or abused my son i would want the death penalty as those that commit these acts are seriously dangerous and deranged, its where you draw the line |
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country jenny
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I would like to say yes But as the case of Jill Dando's killer proves we do not always get it right at the moment the miscarriage of justice has been put right but with the death penalty it would have been to late. |
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DEBORAH S
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i think death penalties are the easy way out for some people...i think that people should live through their punishment but i also think that the prisons should be tougher on convicts |
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Morecambe, not Dennis Wise
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No. Even Iran has stopped stoning for adultery, at least temporarily. |
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"we dont do duvets"...
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No the reason, 2 words Barry George he would have been killed for a crime he didnt commit.
Some may say he deserves it anyway but thats not the point.
The justice system isnt water tight enough in the UK to have such a penalty :) |
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ShyGirl
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I don't believe in the death penalty, so I don't think it should come back. I don't believe "legal" deaths prevent or deter other crimes being comitted.
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ultrabr0w
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I think it should be a tool we can use for extreme cases as its not something to be taken lightly. |
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JAMES R
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YES THEY SHOULD ALL PEDOS AND RAPISTS SHOULD BE EXECUTED SUM CRIMES ARE UNFORGIVABLE |
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mr_wiseman
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No. We are not going back to the Dark Ages. |
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shell_fitz2003
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It will never be re-introduced. As a member of the EC it is outlawed. As is deporting criminals back to a country where they may face the death penalty, no matter what the person may face the death penalty for. |
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ukok
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We should outsource the penalty to another country. This way we get rid of the scum that we dont want, but dont have to have state sanctioned deaths on our shores. |
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Ollie
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No Way. |
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Aoqua
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No. They've been shown not to be a deterrent. Except to re-offending, when they're a great deterrent. |
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Happy days
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YES |
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robert c
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Yes! |
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The Mechanic
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Definitely |
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Neil T
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Yes. |
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mai198223
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Yes, look at the countries that still enforce it, not in half the mess this country is in! |
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Fenerbahçe SK for lıfe
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Note: this answer is not for the faint hearted and please don't critize me
I was in Saudi Arabia for 2 weeks
My father says that it has very little crime because
1.If a theif is caught by the police,his hands will be cut off,if he does it again his legs will be cut off.I think its fair
2.If a person commits adultry he will be stoned to death
3.If a person sells drugs he will be hanged
4.If he takes a life of another he will be executed.
Britian has to do at least 1 of these rules because in Saudi Arabia with these rules people wouldnt dare commit a crime.If he does its at his own risk and my God help him
and if he is caught by somebdy there will be no mercy.
I promise u if Britian does take at least 1 of these rules.There hardly will be crime on streets |
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