Nope.(Original post by Bosnia)
I think we can all agree on corporal punishment though
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(Original post by Bosnia)
I think we can all agree on corporal punishment though
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- 10-11-2017 13:18
(Original post by Bosnia)
No, I think we need to be tougher on criminals -
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- 10-11-2017 13:21
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- 10-11-2017 13:24
(Original post by TheBirder)
The death penalty should only be for people who wear jeans that have been deliberately made to have holes in them. In all other cases, no.
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- 10-11-2017 13:27
(Original post by DrawTheLine)
To an extent I agree, however with point number one, in my opinion, a murderer decided to take the life of someone so why should they get to keep their life? They made that decision for someone else, someone helpless and unable to save themselves. They decided to stop someone existing. Why can't someone make the same decision about their life? In my opinion, if you take a life, you don't deserve to get to live yours - whether that's in prison, in therapy or elsewhere. -
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- 10-11-2017 13:29
(Original post by Bosnia)
Because currently, they live in prisons that are better than many people's homes that cost billions a year. If they were executed by means of public burning/fire squad/hanging/stoning or whatever method chosen, this would eradicate the cost and serve as a deterrent.
Second, prisons only occupy a significant government budget because the government prefers to send people to prison over rehabilitating them in the community or supported housing, due to the Tory promise to be 'tough on crime'. There are also minimum standards prisons have to reach, and many of the old Victorian prisons are being rebuilt or have closed due to not being fit for purpose anymore.
Also, capital punishment in the USA is actually more expensive than maintaining those individuals in prison. This is mainly due to the appeals process, which should be in place to prevent as few innocent people being executed as possible. It would therefore cost MORE money to execute people than to keep them in prison (Source:
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/costs-death-penalty) -
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- 10-11-2017 13:30
There is always the risk of a totally innocent person being executed for a crime they didn't commit. If you have the death penalty, innocent people will die. Miscarriages of justice will happen, it is simply not a question of if.
It baffles me how anyone can support the death penalty given those circumstances. The risk to innocent people should be enough to completely settle the argument. -
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- 10-11-2017 13:30
(Original post by Bosnia)
Because currently, they live in prisons that are better than many people's homes that cost billions a year. If they were executed by means of public burning/fire squad/hanging/stoning or whatever method chosen, this would eradicate the cost and serve as a deterrent. -
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- 10-11-2017 13:31
(Original post by GovernmentEarner)
As Ghandi said ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind’. It is dangerous for the state to stoop to the level of the murder, killing should not be treated with killing. It also limits rehabilitation, and as I have already made a biblical reference I shall again, it stops the virtue of a second chance. I personally believe our current system of deference should be strengthened, to avoid crimes being committed in the first place, to not have to punish as many. -
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- 10-11-2017 13:32
(Original post by Paracosm)
Actually, in modern times and in our civilised society, executing someone is monstrously expensive. So it would save absolutely nothing and would actually cost the state MORE money. -
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- 10-11-2017 13:32
(Original post by Bosnia)
Personally, I would advocate the use of the death penalty for drug smuggling, treason, rape, murder, paedophilia, war crimes and fraud. Maybe this is a cultural thing (check my username) as I'm generally not so liberal towards these issues. What are your thoughts? -
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- 10-11-2017 13:32
i could really only support the death penalty for rich ppl tbh :/
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- 10-11-2017 13:33
(Original post by Bosnia)
All you need is a couple of logs and a match -
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- 10-11-2017 13:33
(Original post by Bosnia)
If I was Muslim my views would probably be respected, but the lgbt multi-culti loving doormats of the UK would rather bash its own state religion. What a mess your developed, wealthy country is compared to my developing and relatively poor one!!!
Im the words of Bakunin;
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- 10-11-2017 13:33
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Brave move defending pedophiles!
I'm not sure some dad whose 12 yr old daughter had a bad experience with a 50 yr old man would say the same.Posted on the TSR App. Download from Apple or Google Play -
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- 10-11-2017 13:34
(Original post by RF_PineMarten)
There is always the risk of a totally innocent person being executed for a crime they didn't commit. If you have the death penalty, innocent people will die. Miscarriages of justice will happen, it is simply not a question of if.
It baffles me how anyone can support the death penalty given those circumstances. The risk to innocent people should be enough to completely settle the argument. -
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- 10-11-2017 13:34
(Original post by thetoebeans)
i could really only support the death penalty for rich ppl tbh :/ -
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- 10-11-2017 13:34
(Original post by Bosnia)
Innocent people dying would only account for less than 2% of deaths. In that regard, the death penalty is fully warranted and should be reinstated
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