Should the Death Penalty be reintroduced for convicted paedophiles?

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

The death penalty is immoral and supporters of it are bad people because you might get the wrong person and besides life in prison is far worse cos boredom and they will be targeted and abused by other inmates is not a very consistent (Or truthful) argument.

I know there is no easy or perfect answer here but just thought i would point it out

My late mother always used to say "If Myra Hindley was ever released from prison she wouldn't be alive for very long". People would have,rightly or wrongly, taken matters into their own hands. Especially mothers. The death penalty was abolished in ,I think the early sixties. I think it was a mistake. For God's sake,we hear all the time about child molesters being sentenced to a year in prison,if that. I truly believe for the worst types of serial abuser who shows no remorse and is little chance of them ever changing , they are a waste of oxygen.

It's not about what's the worst possible punishment you can give somebody.

I was thinking of asking this, but when you ask this question in such an emotionally charged topic, you won't get realistic responses.

None of us here will be able to truely say whether we could kill another human being until we are literally presented with the opportunity, despite what they might of done to us or our families.

No. I could never harm another human being. Or animal for that matter. I've just thought about what I had written. I believe ,although don't know for certain, that if someone had sexually abused my son when he was a child [he's now 19 ] I would have stuck a knife in the bastard. Or at least given it serious thought.

My late mother always used to say "If Myra Hindley was ever released from prison she wouldn't be alive for very long". People would have,rightly or wrongly, taken matters into their own hands. Especially mothers. The death penalty was abolished in ,I think the early sixties. I think it was a mistake. For God's sake,we hear all the time about child molesters being sentenced to a year in prison,if that. I truly believe for the worst types of serial abuser who shows no remorse and is little chance of them ever changing , they are a waste of oxygen.

@markova21 There's also the issue of whether I'd have enough trust in the Government to carry it out correctly 100% of the time?

And whether it opens a slippery slope for where the death penalty is allowed to be used.

Edit #1: And it should be "convicted child molesters" or you'd be missing out a whole slew of people who have sexual relations with children.

Its about what is proportionate and best for society imo.. What is it about for you?

I am just reading page 2 and you say something along the lines off

"Wanting another human to suffer mean there is something wrong with you"

That seems absurd to me, utterely absurd. I want bad people who destroy others to suffer themselves.. explain how that makes there something wrong with me?

It doesnt. And a lot of people do not deserve sight, or oxygen or life for that matter

Explain to me how two wrongs make a right? They don't.

But three lefts do.

It's a mental disorder, so I'm not sure if death is the appropriate action to take. Life in prison is pretty justified. What will death achieve as opposed to life in prison?

I have asthma, but I don't cough in people's faces do I? Same applies for paedophilia.

Err what

What I'm basically saying is that even though paedophilia is a mental disorder, it doesn't mean that the paedophile can use this excuse to go ahead and physically carry out the acts on another individual.

What I'm basically saying is that even though paedophilia is a mental disorder, it doesn't mean that the paedophile can use this excuse to go ahead and physically carry out the acts on another individual.