should they bring back capital punishment in the UK?
927493
Oh yes !!!!! Do the crime do the time ........................... you could set up different punishments for different crimes ..... Theft ..... once - one hand off ..... twice - other hand off (wouldn't do it again) Think about rape !!!!!!!
1034602
Make several new prisons and stiffen penalties in the law for serious crimes.\nAnd bring back the death penalty for murders. (If there is one)\nMost of all, speed up the justice system, make sure criminals are charged quickly and sentenced promptly.\n'Justice delayed, is Justice denied'.
716116
Well a few states here still utilize this ultimate punishment, I guess it should be a national issue and should probably be brought to a vote.\n\nUnless Parliament can actually discuss this matter calmly, rationally, and use public opinion to guide their final decision.\n\nCould this happen? I don't know...
956193
Many states have the death penalty. The problem is the sentences aren't carried out enough.
721359
No.\n\nAny society that values the value of a human life and promotes non-violent solutions would be hypocritical to include floogging and capital punishment in their justice system.\n\nWith a fallible justice system, there is always the risk that innocent people will be flogged or executed.\n\nWhere punnishments are decided by mortals, there is a risk that the harsher sentences are handed out according to prejudice.\n\nWhere the best barristers are available to those with the most money, there is always a risk that the poor are disadvantaged.
849705
For certain crimes, I believe it is beneficial.  I won't start a big rally here but if you look at countries and states that have capital punishment in place for violent crimes, their crime rates are incredibly lower than ours.  Eye for an eye......sorry.
65162
I'm against it. \n\n1)There is way too much error in our system (just since dna testing has been a available in a small percentage of capital cases, a large number of convicted people have and to be released.)\n\n2)It is the wrong thing for society -- there are many people that need to be locked up for life, and it would be no great loss if they were dead.  It is a great loss when society kills them. It reinforces the notion that humans have the right to kill each other.\n\n3)All studies have shown little to no deterrant effect, across all societies.  No one about to kill another stops to think "Wait, if I get caught I'll be executed -- better do this where there is no death penalty." Killers in the act don't think they will be caught, or don't think they care.\n\n4) While the system must be more efficient if any deterent is to occur, there is a limit to how quickly and efficiently executions can occur and still be just. Therfore executions will always be  years after the fact, and thus have even less deterrent effect.
339067
I believe in capital punishment.  My problem with it is only that our contry does not practice it very much.
910170
No. Capital punishment is revenge not justice.\n\nIf a con doing an armed robbery is shot dead at the scene by coips then that is justice. Murdering them months or years later is not!
147898
Abolish it entirely.  Our justice system is not infalible.  There have been multiple people sentanced to death and exhonorated post-mortem.  That's enough reason for me.  Besides which the death penalty is motivated by revenge, not justice.  An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
516696
well, i don't like to think that we have the right to take a human life.....on the other hand, my cousin was murdered and her assassin got 7 years.  He should have died.  After all he took her life.  Our prison system does not rehabilitate nor can it simply because the people inside are sociopaths.  so yeah, I'm for the death penalty and lethal injection is probably the least messy choice.
1024222
Those are all good points for the legislatures to consider but the constitution does not allow the court to simply decide that the death penalty is unwise.  State legislatures decide and then then Court decides if that penalty is barred as "cruel and unusual" punishment but the constitution doesn't preclude state laws that are merely "counterproductive."  so, run for your state legislature and vote to abolish the death penalty in your state.
943456
yes absoloutly i think anybody that takes another life for any reason should be given capital punishment. good luck and god bless and happy holidays.
1051526
What might be nice is to let the family and immediate relatives of the victim carry out the sentence in any manner they want.  After all, the killer (if it was  a murder) did not give the victim a choice.  If they want to club him, stone him, stab him slowly with knitting needles, clamp his nostrils shut and tape his mouth, nail gun his head with 4 inch nails, whatever.  Strap him down to a chair and let them go to work. They would be given 1 hour in which to complete the task.\n\nIf this type of capital punishment existed it might give a lot of criminals pause before they go out and commit their dastardly deeds.
348109
You want to plagiarize to prove your point. Haven't you got any point of view of your own? This is a debate !!! It should reflect your views. Hahaha. \n\nYou should go a step ahead. One of the liberals spoke about banning life imprisonment and suggesting it to be maximum of 4 years. And one spoke about granting more rights to serial killers. Way to go!
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O think we should bring it back - and in fact in the US - a small project has already been set-up which does exactly that!\n\nIn short although people cannot be FORCED to submit to corporal punishment - some criminals can VOLUNTEER to be treated in that way under some conditions - and perhaps get reduced jail time in return.\n\nLots of details here http://www.okplus.com/fedup/index.html...\n\nVery interestingly, they presently have a ZERO recidivism level for people that have been through their system.\n\nDo not be thrown by the site, the program is still running BUT the website is badly in need of some updating (or was when I last looked)\n\nI think one hangup people have about corporal punishment, is the perceived severity of it. The old UK / USA way of flogging across the back in fact left little more than "shaving nicks" - if it cut at all.\n\nAnyone who has seen too many "Mutiny on the bounty" style films and wishes to disagree should try to remember that the make-up department tends to get more than a little carried away.\n\nWet rope is not sharp enough or dense enough to "lay a mans back open to the bone" Something does not need to cut to be felt ;)\n\nThe scheme mentioned above in fact uses low-voltage cable as a cheap disposable lash material. Like the rope, little or no cutting at all - but apparently the welts are quite tender at the time.\n\nI just wish we had a system like this in the UK too, I think it could be a valuable tool to help people stay out of prison and to reduce the prison population. Nanny-state in the UK though at the moment so not much chance for a while yet.
13803
No, it does not make us a better nation ,but, if properly utilized it may create a safer nation! In reality we do not utilize capital punishment as very few convicted criminals are ever sentenced to death, and even, when sentenced to death, automatic appeals prevent the timely execution of criminals.  Therefore, capital punishment is not a deterrent.  How strange that people rally to prevent the execution of murderers but demand the right to continue killing more unborn babies. Here in the US we have "legally" sacrificed more babies, numerically, than the individuals exterminated by the Nazi regime of Adolph Hitler. Yet we dare to call ourselves a moral, civilized nation. If we decide to give capital crime offenders life imprisonment without the possibility of parole maybe we should at least require that life be given to inutero individuals, unless the life of the mother is at risk.