Should Capital Punishment be reintroduced in the UK?

Street crime is at a record high, people are being needlessly beaten to a pulp and sometimes killed, people are being stabbed, shot at and beaten. Recently a boy of 11 was shot in the head and killed in Liverpool, a young woman was kicked in the head and killed in Rossendale, two parents have been killed defending their property from yobs, and that's only the half of it.

How do we prevent this sort of thing? The police are at times useless and even powerless to prevent some of these crimes, and those that are sentenced are out of jail within a year. It's a disgrace. Bring back hanging I say. I don't care if it's extreme, America have used it successfully for years and is a proven deterrent. Hanging people will stop young thugs from thinking they can get away with kicking people in the face and stabbing or shooting people to death.

The same applies to life long sentences in jail.

A man can be freed from jail. A man can't be brought back to life.

I'm undecided. I mean, prison is nothing like it used to be these days. Prison is meant to be a living hell, but from what I hear, it seems to be like another life for some people. A friend of my Mum's works in a jail, and from what we hear, it's not so bad in there. Prisoners can even do jobs, to earn themselves money now. They even have TV's and everything. And as you know, more money is spent in prisons all together, than on schools. It's terrible.

Agreed. I'm not sure answering death with death makes the world a better place except in very extreme cases, were the death penalty may be nesercarry. However i agree life sentence should be life, you go in and you stay in untill you die. And prison should be a cell, with food water and anything else that human rights require. thats it.

I've not read this Death Note, but I would be very surprised if something from a comic could come true...

I do, however, agree 100% with the idea that life imprisonment should mean imprisonment for life.

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quote Balambgirl

However i agree life sentence should be life, you go in and you stay in untill you die. And prison should be a cell, with food water and anything else that human rights require. thats it.

Yeah, I think a life sentence should mean for life. Problem is though it apparently costs thousands of pounds a year for every inmate in there. They definitely should not be getting all of these bloody luxuries. I remember reading an article in the paper ages ago, where a 60 year old man who committed murder and was sentenced to life said being in jail was better than being on a pension due to having things like Sky tv! Disgrace.

Indeed, I agree with above, I think they should be put in a room just tall enough to stand in and long enough to sleep in with a toilet and a sink. And be let out for 1 hour a day. Being fed the minimum to get by. These people forfeit their human rights as soon as they kill someone imo.

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Should Capital Punishment be reintroduced in the UK?

No, but isn't treason still punishable by death (hanging) in the UK?

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Bring back hanging I say. I don't care if it's extreme, America have used it successfully for years and is a proven deterrent.

What . Please explain how that statement can be true, especially when taking into account street/gun crime (which you explicitly mentioned)?

This message was edited by orion chuzzlewitt on Aug 26 2007.