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PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE!!!!!!!
I'm an American, where we have the death penalty in many states. I'm also a Christian, and as such I pray that God never lets the UK bring back the death penalty!
As you can no doubt tell I personally don't believe in the death penalty!
We use it WAY TO OFTEN here in the United States!
Look how many people have been released from death row in the past 10 to 15 years because DNA proved they were not guilty!
What most people don't know or seem to care about here is how many executions here in the States have gone wrong and the condemned man/woman died horribly!
There was an electrocution in the State of Florida back in 1999 where the man being executed had his nose broken before the electrocution even started because the guard put the leather strap that holds the persons head in place in the wrong spot and the man could not breathe! When the electricity was finally turned on, the man, who suffered from high blood pressure, had blood explode out of his nose and a large pool of blood formed on the front of the mans white shirt! The judge who sentenced him to death found out and had the pictures the prison staff took of the man just after the execution posted on the web and has now become an anti-death penalty judge!
There was an electrocution a few years before that in the State of Texas I belief where the man being executed had his head burst into flame because the cone on his head had a faulty wire!
Those are just two of over 60 cases I have researched on mistakes made during executions here in the United States that have caused the condemned to suffer horrible and very cruel deaths!
I will never understand how any country that calls itself civilized can pass laws saying that murder is wrong, and it is, and then go and do the same thing to a person they convict of murdering someone!
In case you or anyone reading this doesn't know, when a person in the United States is executed, the coroner by law has to list the persons death as a homicide! Which the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
states is = NOUN:
The killing of one person by another.
A person who kills another person.
Which in this country is a class X felony, and can get the murderer the death penaly in most states, but you don't here about the executioners being arrested and tried for murder, do you?
Peace |
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Sali
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noway it is a democratic country this is the beauty of the UK, what if someone innocent and proved later after death penality. Be fair. |
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adelly
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No. Instead a 'life sentence' should mean life and prisons should be allowed to toughen up and not bow down to prisoners spouting off about their human rights. Their human rights should be taken away and they should face a proper tough punishment. |
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fahoouahoocahookahoo
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No. Easy option. |
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Well, said Alberto
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No, there have been too many miscarriages of justice in the past. |
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emmấ louisẻ [MUFC]<3
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I'm actually in the middle of discussing this in college. I don't think that their should be the death penalty, and to back up my answer all i have to say is the film 'Green Mile'. |
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Crowkit
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OK I nominate you to be the executioner.
If you should execute an innocent man (miscarriages of Justice happen all the time) you should be executed for murder. |
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Violation Notification
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No because the death of 1 innocent man/woman is not equal to killing thousands of guilty people.
"yes BUT with the proviso that there is no doubt whatsoever."
That is how people get convicted anyway. If there is no doubt that they are innocent. That's the way it works now and there are still innocent people being locked up. One guy recently recieved £500,000 (?) compensation because he was locked up for 30 years for a crime he did not commit. Imagine if we had the death penalty.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/03/13/innocent-man-freed-after-being-in-jail-for-30-years-115875-21194259/
"I don't think The Green Mile would be considered an argument not to have a death penalty"
A film isn't but that real life story above is. |
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John D
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As it costs approx 40k a year to keep them, yes. As for the human rights issue, if you have murdered someone you shouldn't have any as you have denied someone theirs. |
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MR JEDI FOX ESQ
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Yes, occasionally it should be used especially on murderers that involved children and torture.Brady and Hindley should have been hung for sure. Some of the parents that had their children murdered by them never even recovered the bodies. And when you hear about the accounts and indeed the tape recordings what those poor children went through, you may well understand why those monsters should have been executed.
If ever you need a hangman, give me a shout. |
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Rolyn- yn flîn ddiawledig
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Yes, indeed it should...Compare the number of stabbings/shootings in the 1950s (when hanging was a deterrent) to today, when the worst the killers can expect is a stint (not even life) in one of HM's holiday camps (er, sorry..prisons), with state of the art gymnasia, flat-screen TVs, DVDs, pool tables, computers etc. In the papers this week it said that 4 out of 5 knife criminals in the UK aren't sent to jail....they are given a caution (wow, that will scare them..[NOT]) or a punitive £5 fine.
There are now more stabbings/shootings in a WEEK than there were in a YEAR in the 1950s......a sobering thought.
To the namby-pambies who state that 'innocent people may be killed by mistake'....give the death penalty only to the ones who have been proven guilty.....caught red-handed, in the act, overwhelming forensic/DNA evidence (it's MUCH more reliable nowadays).
Criminals now carry knives and guns safe in the knowledge that even if they murdered 20 children in a crèche and waited there for the police to arrive, that they would not hear that dreaded sentence..."...to hang by the neck until you are dead".
There are hundreds of young people who are dead because some namby-pamby 'human rights' prats decided that it was 'uncivilised' to execute murderers. They have the blood of these victims on their hands.
Before anyone labels me a Nazi....remember this, the Nazis murdered millions of innocent men, women and children. What I'm saying is execute the murderers.
If you don't want to be hanged...the solution is simple...don't murder anyone. |
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hal9000
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Absolutely definitely not. Never in a million years.
Taking someone's life, no matter what they've done, is cruel and inhuman. It's an act of revenge, never justice. And doesn't killing someone because they've killed someone make us no better than them?
Personally, I don't think the death penalty solves anything. Yes, it gets rid of the criminals, but it's barbaric. It's purely animal instinct. It takes away what makes us human: our capacity to forgive. Sadly, this is a trait which is overlooked these days.
It is far better to give people a chance to regret what they've done rather than just destroy them. Some people have had their lives turned around while in jail. It gives them a new lease of life, and while some maybe will never learn, it's far better to let them live rather than kill them.
However, I also think harsher penalties should be introduced instead of letting offenders off with a caution or a little fine. Criminals should be dealt with appropriately, not with barbaric measures like the death penalty, nor small punishments, but should learn that their actions have consequences, and be taught some morals. Killing them won't teach them anything; they'd be dead.
Also, to those who say that those against the death penalty are do-gooders (Ben) or namby-pambies (Rolyn- yn flîn ddiawledig), consider this. Could you end someone's life? Could you press a button and activate a surge of electricity that would pulse through your powerless victim's body? Could you open a trapdoor and watch as their corpse dangles in front of you? Could you inject somebody with a deadly poison, knowing they will be dead within the hour?
I certainly couldn't. |
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lollllllllllllll
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Yes,
But only if they have concrete evidence of the suspects actions!
It was once used in the UK many years ago but it failed as innocent people was getting the death penalty!
But having said that with all this modern technology i think it would be more appropriate now a days! |
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Tedward
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In theory for certain crimes, yes BUT with the proviso that there is no doubt whatsoever.
So based on that, I must say no. Because there are releases from jail are for wrongful arrests. And with that in mind it cannot sit right even if someone admits to a crime and is later found to be lying or coerced. It has happened. |
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Korky
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in a word yes, but the country is run by babies cowards and greedy European pension hunters that let their Nannie states and their cronies dictate that the criminal has more rights than the victim, now watch the those mentioned press the thumbs down,but would run a mile if face to face |
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morshock
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yes it should be brought back, especially for those that commit the most heinous of crimes.
however we live in a country which has far too many do gooders in it, how can we bring back something such as this when we cant even discipline our children the way we wish too. |
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Terry W
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i don't agree that the death penalty should be brought back.only for
police murderers and paedophiles. but i believe a life for a life but not by hanging or ending life.but by taking their lives away by harsh physical punishment.with no human rights.and if the daft pc brigade
want to interfere then lock them up as well. has accomplices.because
the family's have to serve a sentence has well only their poor hearts and souls have been ripped apart.so let the murderers etc ect feel whats its like to be deprived of love and pleasure.and never to see their loved ones again |
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CARL W
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I think it should. Although I think on the other hand, people who deserve it should be given a second chance.
What we also have to remember is, an eye for an eye. Then maybe more people would respect the law. |
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nukehoop
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If the crime is homicide, first degree, yes! |
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TaxPayer
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Yes - make it a capital offense to be a politician and tell anything but the truth, make false or dubious expenses claims or vote for increases in taxes. |
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George
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Most certainly yes, it should be restored.
Also we should restore corporal punishment for crimes of non lethal violence. The fear of a few heavy strokes with a birch rod or lash would deter a lot of the loutish behaviour we have to endure these days.
The soft liberal way has been tried and by now we all know it to be found wanting. |
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Rocky Road
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defiantly YES
i want to see every paedophile in this country tortured and killed in the most in-humane way! i don't care if ppl think that's harsh, that's just the way i feel. |
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Ben
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I'm pro death penalty. I think it would be great.
But, it will never be re-introduced as it is doesn't conform with human rights conventions and there are far too many 'do-gooders' in this country. |
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Beki
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never. If you ever use Death penalty, it would give perpetrators equal rights as to their victims.
This is unacceptable, In a modern, politically correct society, it must be warranted that criminals have MORE rights than victims.
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Bob
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It depends, the death penalty for someone killing a a member of the general public then yes, absolutely. The death penalty for someone killing a policeman or a Rt Hon Member of the Parliament for Great Britain and Northern Ireland or a civil servant then no way, it would be immoral. |
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fdgdfg
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Yes, but only for black people and chavs. |
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