Sajid Javid tells US: We won't block death penalty for Isil 'Beatles'

Vivian, I have not said a life sentence should be ten years . I don’t believe death is the ultimate punishment . It can be viewed as an escape .there have been several lifers, and I mean for life who have tried to take their lives, Shipman suceeded.

There are some lifers who stay in prison, not just because of 'justice being done' but because it would be political suicide for the political party or Home Secretary who released them. People like Myra Hindley and Ian Brady for example, and probably current lifers such as Ian Huntley. This is indeed a deep moral question as many have shown; my initial instinct if anyone harmed or murdered any of my family would be to take their life brutally and slowly, but this would make me as bad as them. Interesting item on the News last night; the Catholic Church have stated their opposition to capital punishment. I would have thought that was already the case for surely the only being allowed to give or take life is God? Strange that there was a need to make this statement. Has there been any state executions in mainly Catholic countries recently?