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Andy
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This question never dies on Y! Answers.
Britain is a member state of the EU. It is a member state of the Council of Europe and (as it must, to be an EU member anyway) is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Including Protocol 6. Read it: http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/euro/z25prot6.html
"Article 1
"The death penalty shall be abolished. No one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed."
To reinstate the death penalty, Britain would have to leave the EU (and that means that the EU Constitution would have to be ratified, or a new treaty amendment negotiated, because there is no present provision for quitting the EU) and it would have to renounce the Human Rights Convention. Wildly improbable. |
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kysteelgirl
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and the USA too.... |
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CrazyCatLady
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Not only should the UK bring back hanging, the US should as well!!! |
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Joel D
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Yes the death penalty deters crime.(Flame Suit ON) |
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Jane S
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all murders should be hung, they hold life so cheaply that forfeiting theirs should not matter to them |
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dora
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Maybe not hanging but america have the right answer lethal injection. The only thing that worries me is what happens to the people who get mistakenly found guilty who decides who would die. |
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MALCOLM D
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yes yes yes let them stew for a few years until 100% sure and in no doubt then hang em high why feed these slugs for the rest of their days the poor victims will never get that chance will they why do we nurse the criminal and disregard the victim its about time it changed and we looked after the vitims not the criminals
jus tto let sam know the last person to be hanged was ruth ellis |
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MĐ¯ BAITâ„¢
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I support public hangings for anybody in any country who is sentenced to be executed. |
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respecta786
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YES, definetly. That murder was really cruel. it was the UNTHINKABLE |
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stormyblythe
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yes and i agree with your first answerer also |
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The Bricklayer
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It has been shown in various "polls" over the last few years that most people in the UK support the reintroduction of Capital Punishment for people found guilty of murder.
For some reason both the Labour and Conservative(when they were in power),refused to hold a referendum to allow the population to vote on the matter. |
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briangimma
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yes for certain categories.the likes of huntley, terrorists etc. but not for unpremeditated murders. eg crimes of passion.the mps have a majority anti hanging whilst the the public have a majority for hanging. the reason why the government will not have a referendum |
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churie78
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Nah, stoning would be more suitable or catapults and ball bearings. Hanging would be too quick. |
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Stephanie S
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I think public executions and hangings would be a good idea. I think people get too complacent when they are not confronted with harsh realities. A good dose of realism and horror is good... and would act as a deterrent. There needs to be more public shaming for unfavourable behaviours... I think a lot of crime happens when people don't feel connected to a society... that is when neighbours become strangers, and it's easier to commit a crime against people who don't know... but if you are connected to a community, you'd be less likely to steal from them probably. |
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theodore r
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I totally agree with you.
anyone caught in the act and without a reasonable doubt should be executed fast.
I say without doubt though.
I believe though that all of the fanfare, with appeals and show should be eliminated. I think a hole should be dug, the dirt bag put at the edge of the hole, and a forty five slug, which costs about forty cents in the USA, should be used to the back of the head.
save money when you kill them.
I ask God for forgiveness though, I am a practicing Christian.
The thirst for blood of killers has not been quenched yet. |
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Useless
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Yes, it is also more humane than locking someone up for the rest of their natural life |
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sam
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As much as i agree that something hanous needs to be done to these evil beings, hanging is not fool proof, the case of Derek Bentley (the last person to be hanged in the UK I think) is a classic example - it was said then that the case was beyond doubt.
I think prisoners such as this should have to do something to give back to the community - or they should be sent somewhere far far away and forgotten about. So IF anything happens and innocence is proved then they can be bought back.
the Guildford 4 is another example, had hanging been around they would almost certainly have been made an example of.
something more does need to be done to the evil criminals and dictators, preachers other than a fee life that most people would quite enjoy.
I say use prisoners instead of animals for testings....... |
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ANDREW B
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Too Fooking right I do, Huntley and that Maxine Carr should have been both hung on the same rope. I think that this sort of crime should fit the punishment. There are too many murdering scum bas*ards filling up our prisons. Drag them all out of there beds, kill the lot of them, make more room for the scum that terrorise our streets. |
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kim w
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i believe all countries should try going back to public hangings.think about it, even though the population was much lower say in the 1800's,crime rates were lower in comparison to taday.perverts were often killed by those who caught them,saving the people the cost of a trial.i think that too many are afforded rights that they didn't give their victims.an eye for an eye is what i say. |
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taketwo
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yeah |
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CARLA G
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yes they should why waste money feeding the evil c*nts |
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jonn0boy
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No, I don't believe in hanging, work them to death instead, which could lower council tax (UK) and punish them at the same time. |
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philipscottbrooks
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For what they do hanging or execution will never reverse the crime.
If one innocent person is executed in error that makes society no better than the perpertarors of these crimes and hints towards mob rule.
The crime are horrific and disgusting, as low as mankind can possibley deliver but their peers must be 100% to stand in judgement.
The idea is to protect the public from these degenerates but again unless you keep them at a minimum comfort level how much better than them is society. |
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lisa h
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yes if it is proven beyond any doubt then people who commit horrendous crimes against children should deffo be given the death penalty. |
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CHRIS S
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yes as long as they are found guilty without any doubt |
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rosbif
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Yes.As long as there is no doubt whatsoever that the person commited the crime |
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Oracle Jo
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I don't think we should bring back hanging or any sort of capital punishment, because then we (society) become no better then the criminal.
I do however think that Huntley and others like him, should NOT get free health and dental care, and he should be made to pay for his 'lodging' out of his own money. when his money eventually runs out, then he should be made to do hard labour work for 18 hours per day, for the rest of his life. Then he might just wish he was dead...
Let me know what you think:
al-ok85@hotmail.co.uk |
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mim
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It is very controversial. I think in these issues the best approach is to consider each case individually rather that to legalize capital punishment or forbid that. Since in all these issues we are dealing with human being not with some solid, rigid stuff. |
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