Death penalty

[Engineer54]

To all the pro death proponents, would you be quite happy to pull the proverbial trigger with a clear conscious, and sleep at night?
I bet most of you would run a mile!

If we are talking about one or more of these islamic extremists and the case had been proven beyond any doubt, i'd be more than happy to take the pistol and pull the trigger. I certainly wouldn't be running a mile!!

 

[trev]

If we are talking about one or more of these islamic extremists and the case had been proven beyond any doubt, i'd be more than happy to take the pistol and pull the trigger. I certainly wouldn't be running a mile!!

If it was me who saw 2 people walking away from my property in opposite directions and beat one of them to death because he looked like he was carrying some of my stuff? The real burglar being the other one?

 

[Engineer54]

@marvo.
Is it too late to have a poll included on this?
Straight yes or no, do you support the reintroduction of the death penalty?

But it's not a straight Yes or NO question is it, Most here like myself are generally opposed to the Death Penalty for the majority of murders committed in the UK...

 

[UNG]

Let's hope they don't. For Countries that still use the death penalty, this is the chance they take, and the main reason that the penalty has been abolished in many Countries.

As far as the the UK is concerned, were the death penalty to be reintroduced (which is highly unlikely) for the most serious of offenders it is to be hoped that with modern techniques guilt would be able to be proven beyond ANY doubt.

When tony Blair signed us up to the full human rights treaty he effectively abolished hanging in the UK he also signed away the reintroduction of the death penalty since 1998 it is no longer debated in parliament

Top 10 countries who kill their citizens: AKA Death Penalty
1. China
2. North Korea
3. Iran
4. Iraq
5. Saudia Arabia
6. USA
7. Somalia
8. Sudan
9. Yemen
10. Japan

USA and Japan do stand out as not exactly "stuck in the middle ages" - but makes you think about what regimes make up capital punishment as a form of "deterrent" - Do we really want to join that motley crew. ?

The US has armed police so in some cases the people who get shot don't make it to court to be proven guilty or innocent

The law in the UK has always been a --- anyway, far too many rules in place to protect the accused than anything like there are to protect the victims....

The human rights act is the biggest load of tosh the victim ends up seriously injured or dead and the prisoner complains his / her human rights are being eroded or taken away without any consideration for the innocent victim affected by their actions

He was the bloke who was convicted of Suzanne Dando's killing and later completely cleared

I'm sure Suzanne Dando would be surprised to find out she is dead

 

[shanky887614]

I never denied the guilt.
Only the reasoning behind said murder.

Huntley deliberatly went out to do the evil he did.

Burglars who get whacked round the head with a bat while breaking into a law abiding familys home deserves what he gets.
We know the risks of getting killed by our profession, So to should a burgler.

Break into my house and you best hope you get out before the dogs eat you!
Or I beat crap out of you.

Again ime very unsympathetic to these kind of individuals.

did you hear about the guys that broke into a farmers house?

the farmer chased them with his shotgun lol. he didnt kill them and police arrested them when the burglers turned themselfs in

 

[Tiny Spark]

Only one i remember in recent times was the farmer who shot and killed said burglar.
He was arrested and charged but released after public outcry.

 

[Diddy]

Only one i remember in recent times was the farmer who shot and killed said burglar.
He was arrested and charged but released after public outcry.

Think you will find that Tony Martin served his full sentence of 3 years with no parole. Maybe you got confused as he was originally charged with murder but it was reduced to manslaughter. He lives in hiding now as he has a price on his head from friends and family of the man he killed. (travellers)

 

[Tiny Spark]

Not sure if it was Tony Martin, Maybe was I cant really remember tbh but I remember there being a public outcry about someone getting sent down for defending his home.

 

[trev]

Not sure if it was Tony Martin

It was.

 

[rapparee]

Not sure if it was Tony Martin, Maybe was I cant really remember tbh but I remember there being a public outcry about someone getting sent down for defending his home.

Maybe you are thinking of padraig nally from mayo , he shot and killed a traveller called frog ward in the early 2000s in the exact same circumstances. The man couldnt get a fair trial because the jury were too sympathetic. the judge forced the manslaughter conviction on the jury but this was successfully appealed a year later.

 

[rapparee]

Death of John Ward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Marvo]

Poll created by request of OP. Poll has no close date so will run indefinitely. Overall poll results are viewable by all but individual votes are private.

 

[Engineer54]

Poll created by request of OP. Poll has no close date so will run indefinitely. Overall poll results are viewable by all but individual votes are private.

A YES/NO POLL is totally pointless, as it will favour the NO vote without giving any consideration to the special circumstances that i and others have made clear on this thread...

 

[trev]

A YES/NO POLL is totally pointless, as it will favour the NO vote without giving any consideration to the special circumstances that i and others have made clear on this thread...

On the other hand it could favour the hangers and floggers. Of which there are many.

 

[Engineer54]

On the other hand it could favour the hangers and floggers. Of which there are many.

Nowhere near the number of ----- footers... lol!!

It is no longer a Yes/No call in the world we are living in at the moment and probably for the foreseeable future!!!