UK Death Penalty - would you like it returned?

No I wouldn't! There have been umpteen miscarriages of justice, it's no good pardoning people after the state has killed them. One only has to cast the mind back to Timothy Evans, Derek Bentley. I don't agree with state sanctioned execution it makes my blood run cold

I would like to see life meaning life for the really terrible violent crimes. Probably there are too many in prison who shouldn't be there, but please whoever the government is stop releasing those who are a danger to society.

I agree with most of your points Cossy.

This is entrely theoretical and pointless.
Yes, horrific crimes have been committed but legalised killing by the state is never going to be morally right.
Plus- you can't go back in time, so what is the point?

RosieandherMaw

This is entrely theoretical and pointless.
Yes, horrific crimes have been committed but legalised killing by the state is never going to be morally right.
Plus- you can't go back in time, so what is the point?

Oooh bit snappy.

It’s ok to debate “theoretical” things.

Sorry if this offended or annoyed you!

Would I like to see the return of the death penalty - no, no and no - we are better than that

In some really dreadful indisputable cases my heart says yes.

Fortunately my head quickly takes over, no I wouldn’t like to see the death penalty here in the UK.

I don't think anyone who has abused an animal should be allowed anywhere near one, supervised or not.
Other that l agree with the OP

No way. There has been so many mistakes in the past with innocent people hung it just wouldn’t be with the risk. Especially with some of the dumb judges around these days.

GrannyGravy13

In some really dreadful indisputable cases my heart says yes.

Fortunately my head quickly takes over, no I wouldn’t like to see the death penalty here in the UK.

Yes, I think that's a completely normal and natural reaction. I'm sure if anyone killed one of my family, for instance, I would want them to die a horrible and painful death, but that doesn't make bringing back the death penalty right.
And yes, as far as animal abusers are concerned, I could happily inflict the same on them.

No.

No

No

In some dreadful indisputable cases my heart says yes so does mine GrannyGravy so TBH I can't say either way but life should mean life.

No, innocent people were hanged

Absolutely not. No death penalty in the UK.

If capital punishment were to re-introduced to Britain I would apply for Irish citizenship and, if possible, emigrate.

The death penalty has no place in, so called, civilised society. Far too many innocent people were killed for crimes they did not commit in the past.

Statistically, it does not act as a deterrent as most killers do not intend to be caught. The states in the USA which still have capital punishment do not have significantly lower murder rates than those that don't.

I have heard the 'Why should the taxpayer have to pay to keep blah blah blah' argument countless times, my reply is, because the alternative is so much worse.

People also say "How would you feel if it were your child, partner, parent, or friend who had been murdered?" I would hope I would still feel the same way but it has yet to happen so I don't know for sure.

When I was a teenager I joined a demonstration against the death penalty which took place in London. My opinion about it has not changed.

No

We've seen many miscarriages of justice in recent years

The problem with capital punishment is that the justice system isn't infallible.

If it is wrong for a killer to take a life, it is also wrong for anyone to take the life even of a convicted killer.

Sorry, I should have said, "one of the problems". There are of course moral and ethical problems too.

No, never.

Death is the easy route anyhow, but that is not the point.

No!

If a guilty prisoner opted to be euthanised then that’s OK with me.

Never.

No. Innocent people have been hanged. Now Lucy Letby’s guilt is being seriously questioned by experts. If a death sentence had been available she would probably be dead.

Absolutely not. We are, I hope, a civilised nation.