Should We Bring Back Capital Punishment?

[gordiescotland1]

Like most people I was disgusted and appalled by the wicked killing of an innocent child by Aaron Campbell. The DNA evidence was quite overwhelming. In a case as wicked as this should capital punishment not be a fitting punishment and deterrent

[hc4361]

Capital punishment does not reduce the murder rate as proven by the US model.

"The murder rate in states that do not have the death penalty is consistently lower than in states with the death penalty. The South, which carries out over 80% of the executions in the U. S., has the highest murder rate of the four regions....."

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/deterrence-states-without-death-penalty-have-had-consistently-lower-murder-rates

[Muntin]

On the 'prison is like a holiday camp' theme. I have a family member who regularly comes into contact with ex prisoners on the day of release or the following day. I understand that the staff have lost control of some prisons and that three meals a day are not always provided.

[chrissa1]

No.

[JimF]

"the death penalty is hugely expensive compared to life imprisonment, using the US model as the example"

How so?

[woofgang]

no

[marval]

No, I don't think we should, but having said that I do think sentences should be a lot longer.

[dannyk13]

Sentences should be much more of a punishment, we should bring back hard labour.

[andres]

Where it is proved without a shadow of a doubt that the person is guilty then yes bring Capital Punishment back. Get rid of the scum.I don't believe in torture which is what a life in prison is and a swift merciful release should definitely be carried out.
On a practical note it would relieve some of the overcrowding in prisons. We are now seeing murders on an almost daily basis. Something will have to be done soon.

[TonyV]

Agree with Andres.
With a prison population of circa K82 and many prisons overcrowded and with cost of keeping prisoner in jail circa £K 30 - 40.
I see little point with lifers where there is forensic evidence and DNA proof, in not using death penalty. I'm sure magistrates and Judges may be influenced with current prison population when sentencing.

https://howardleague.org/prisons-information/

[hc4361]

The American model proves that the death penalty is many more times the cost of life imprisonment.

[retrocop]

Cos they pussy foot around for a lifetime feeding greedy attorneys who keep their clients on death row whilst more often than not they feed their pockets for a futile reprieve.

[CrapAtCryptics]

If you had met as many prisoners as I have you would know that the death penalty should have remained an option for judges. The sheer expense of keeping proven killers with no remorse whatsoever is well beyond any reasonable expectation for the honest public to fund.

[Peter Pedant]

of course we should bring it back
in fact never got rid of it
and so all those awful Irish bombers - you know the large cohort of men who hadnt dont it - would have been hanged ! I mean it stands to reason innit?

[Old_Geezer]

No

[Theland]

The method must be a deterrent factor.

Go asleep with an injection, or have your neck broken with a hanging?

But if life meant life that would be, in my opinion, a deterrent, but the possibility of parole, after a lengthy sentence, and a parliamentary approval, not the idiots who let dangerous criminals back into society.

[andres]

The average cost of a person going to Dignitas is said to be approx. £10,000. The person wanting to die is given a lethal cocktail of drugs and slips peacefully away. Surely that is cheaper than keeping someone in prison for sometimes 3O+ years. What on earth do they use in the States that costs more than £10,000.
PP--- I did say ' proven guilty without a shadow of doubt' as indeed this teenager was. How on earth do you rehabilitate someone with his mentality.

[hc4361]

It's the legal process that costs the money, not the lethal injection or electric chair.

[andy-hughes]

State sponsored murder has no place in a civilised society.

The deterrent argument is entirely bogus because committing any crime is not the action of a sensible adjusted individual - the sort of person who looks ahead to the consequences of an action before proceeding with it.

Most people seek revenge for horrendous crimes, which is an entirely understandable human reaction, but laws are not made on the basis of emotion, and the law is all the better for that.