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Death penalty - should we keep it?

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People should always be given the opportunity to change if they can then they should be given rehabilitation, if they can't then the oppropriate punishment should be carried out with a fair trial

Reply 21

Decipher

rape, murder, those kind of extreme cases should be considered for capital punishment because any human that's willing to do that doesn't deserve to live....... :frown:

Reply 22

Issakatie

the death penalty is hypocritical because the state is doing exactly the same thing as the perpetrator. it's weird saying 'don't kill' but then saying it's okay for the law to kill. also it's harder staying alive

Reply 23

Pizza32

IMO we should have it in Britain. Our sentences are too short and we need a deterrent for criminals and more discipline in our judicial system.

Reply 24

username4094562

No we should not have the death penalty because the judicial system is flawed and the state can easily apply the death penalty for offences that one should not be killed for. E.g. until 1998 a person could still get capital punishment for military treason.

Reply 25

JadaSealy

Death penalty’s should only be allowed if the man/woman has committed crimes like mass murder. There are so many other ways to punish people, no matter how bad the crime is

Reply 26

Napp

You cant keep what you don't have.

Reply 27

Gluttonous Crown

Yes and no.
Yes because if they’ve done something so bad that a death penalty is considered then it needs to happen.
No because they should be made to suffer like everyone else, they shouldn’t be given the sweat relief of death.

Reply 28

the bear

Original post by Decipher

rape, murder, those kind of extreme cases should be considered for capital punishment because any human that's willing to do that doesn't deserve to live....... :frown:

i would extend it to burglary also :h:

Reply 29

StriderHort

Meh, I'm uneasy with government publicly holding such power, although I accept for our society to function some people just need killing, We're too good at creating monsters.