5 Murderers Executed - Well Done Taiwan

[stevie c]

We have discussed this several times my own view is that its clearly no deterent just revenge and we as a nation decided not to have that done anymore on our behalf there are grave dougbts about the last guy hung in England hanratty

Once your dead an apology for a mistake is not much good

Deadworth apears to favour the spectacle of the Roman arena at half time in your local sports stadium how disgusting is that?

i agree with you on the hanratty case but forensics & other investigations have come on leaps & bounds since the hanratty case

[Dedworth]

i agree with you on the hanratty case but forensics & other investigations have come on leaps & bounds since the hanratty case

I'm surprised he's not mentioned a handwringing apology for slavery yet - ooops sorry I'm on the wrong thread atrocities of the British Empire and Gunboats is on the The Great Offices of State - The Home Office

[johncar54]

Deterrents:-

When the death penalty was suspended in 1965 the murder rate in UK was around 50 a year, now it is 600 ( and that is excluding manslaughter and serious GBH convictions).,

I would argue that sentences can be deterrents but the problem is that sentences are not deterrents. If they were they would deter and crime would be much lower. Reluctantly I believe that punishments should be increased until the deterrent effect become clear.

In any argument about crime I believe the overwhelming concern should be the protection of the innocent victim not the well-being of the criminal.