Autonomy

Dear God.... has it come to this? What's next? Ronnie Corbet?

MacScot

..if you insist

banter64

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

MacScot

littlejimmy

I'm anti-capital punishment on the main basis that even the slightest chance of a miscarriage of justice is just too much of a risk, on top of the arguments about lack of deterrent and the brutalisation of society.

But when the likes of Chemical Ali get strung up, I can't say I'm sorry.

BurpusMe

I totally disagree with this ruling.

This is a RECESSION!!
Firing squad? Why spend so much money on bullets?
Swords and metal rods can be reused. Think about the economy, people!!!!

Hello.Kitty

... pebbles? *

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banter64

I agree with you but in this case there i no risk of a miscarriage of justice, he admited it, evidence proved it, witness statements ! so with all that in mind what is your stance ?

littlejimmy

I'm still against it on the other principles stated.

Autonomy

A case against the death penalty

http://users.rcn.com/mwood/deathpen.html

Two conclusions buttress our entire case: Capital punishment does not deter crime, and the death penalty is uncivilized in theory and unfair and inequitable in practice.

Jeeper

There are cases in history that have all that and they still got it wrong.

Some guy in UK recently was freed for a crime he admitted but turns out he didn't do it....

He was a pathological liar.....it was posted about on here recently.
What if he'd been sentenced to death...


From the link above and I think it's the most critical feature:

Inevitability of Error
"Overzealous prosecution, mistaken or perjured testimony, faulty police work, coerced confessions, the defendant's previous criminal record, inept defense counsel, seemingly conclusive circumstantial evidence, community pressure for a conviction -- such factors help explain why the judicial system cannot guarantee that justice will never miscarry. And when it does miscarry, volunteers outside the criminal justice system -- newspaper reporters, for example -- and not the police or prosecutors are the ones who rectify the errors. To retain the death penalty in the face of the demonstrable failures of the system is unacceptable, especially as there are no strong counterbalancing factors in favor of the death penalty. "



Can you imagine the horror of being sentenced to death knowing full fuc.king well you didn't do it!

shiva

then the idiots genes would have been removed from the pool, no great loss

shiva

as an aside and probably an unpopular one

does nobody think its odd that there has been no comment about the fact the parents let a 4 yr old randomly wander the streets on a regular basis and that it was only when the body was brought out of the mosque that they even thought to look for their child?
just a thought

Jeeper

yes.

Meow

It may be odd, but in an ideal society no-one would have to fear for their children's safety.

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