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personally i'd have all 4 imprisoned for life (and that means life) or if you like, lined up and shot as a cheaper alternative
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If you give life in prison to someone who commits one first-degree murder, what do you do to someone who murders a thousand?(Original post by cheesecakebobby)
Come on guys. They make me as sick as they do the rest of you, but if you call for say, execution- for a 15 year old girl- what do you do when a 40 year old rapes and murders a dozen women? -
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That's usually a matter for the war courts. But without going into a boring philosophical discussion about justice nobody can give a definitive answer on this. I just hope that sentancing takes into account more than the fact of what crime was committed.(Original post by Bismarck)
If you give life in prison to someone who commits one first-degree murder, what do you do to someone who murders a thousand? -
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The question is, what to do with the state school system they were spawned from? The answer is simple - burn all the schools down (leaving the handful of good comprehensives and grammars) and replace them with private schools, hence eliminating the problem in the long run rather than simply finding a short term remedy. What happens to the thugs after this is irrelevant - execution, torture, life-long imprisonment (and hence BUGGERY, HAHA), or perhaps old-fashioned burning at the stake - either way the problem would have been solved.
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The point still stands. If you oppose giving the maximum punishment because someone can conceivably commit a more horrible crime, why don't you take the same position on life in prison? Surely life without parole should be reserved for the worst serial murderes as it wouldn't be fair otherwise?(Original post by cheesecakebobby)
That's usually a matter for the war courts. But without going into a boring philosophical discussion about justice nobody can give a definitive answer on this. I just hope that sentancing takes into account more than the fact of what crime was committed.
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Every Swiss male has a semi-automatic in his home and the murder rate in Switzerland is significantly lower than it is in Britain.(Original post by Socrates)
Oh and remind me of the people who possess guns in the home? -
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execute them too?(Original post by cheesecakebobby)
Come on guys. They make me as sick as they do the rest of you, but if you call for say, execution- for a 15 year old girl- what do you do when a 40 year old rapes and murders a dozen women? -
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But probably for a whole host of different reasons.(Original post by Bismarck)
Every Swiss male has a semi-automatic in his home and the murder rate in Switzerland is significantly lower than it is in Britain.
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I think it has. The death penalty was reintroduced in the US in the mid 70's. I think the murder rate is lower today than it was then.(Original post by Socrates)
The murder rate in the US hasn't reduced because of the death penalty. End of. -
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Probably, which does suggest that having weapons at home does not have much of an effect on crime. Therefore, the high crime rate in the US can't be attributed to possession of guns.(Original post by Howard)
But probably for a whole host of different reasons.
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Firstly, irrelevant. Secondly, you're wrong.(Original post by Socrates)
The murder rate in the US hasn't reduced because of the death penalty. End of.
