Capital punishment in the UK

Question

Because I'm tired of paying for criminals, rapists, murderers and pedophiles

Agree?

Answer 1

Yeah,being from the US I cringe whenever I hear another death sentence just went to a 4th or 5th appeal.They're convicted,waiting,and wasting tax dollars.And the families get no justice!

Answer 2

Sounds good.  

Answer 3

Well most other countries have it don't they, so why shouldn't we bring it back.

As the old saying goes " an eye for an eye ".

Good Luck. X ;-)

Answer 4

Take a look at the death penalty system in action in the USA, where rates of violent crime are higher than in the UK. Its not an effective way to prevent or reduce crime and it risks executions of innocent people. And it actually costs much more than life in prison.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in those that don’t.

Life without parole, on the books in 48 states, also prevents  reoffending. It means what it says, and spending 23 of 24 hours a day locked in a tiny cell is not a picnic. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty.

The death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison, mostly because of the upfront costs of legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people. (upfront=before and during the initial trial)

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

129 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members have testified that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. Speed up the process and we will execute innocent people.

Sources:

Death Penalty Information Center, www.deathpenaltyinfo.org,  for stats on executions, reports on costs, deterrence studies, links to FBI crime stats and links to testimony (at state legislatures) of victims' family members.

FBI   http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/tab...  

The Innocence Project, www.innocenceproject.org

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/COcostte... page 3 and 4 on why the death penalty is so expensive

http://www.njadp.org/forms/signon-surviv... for statements of victims’ families