UK to debate the return of the Death Penalty!

Stinicker

http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16043512

This what the people want and it will cause quite a stir amongst the liberals thats for sure. It should never have been abolished to begin with.

Twilightning

The ideal deterrent to killing: More killing.

krudler

e-petitions mean something now?!

fedor.2.

Twilightning wrote: »

The ideal deterrent to killing: More killing.

I think you're on to something, good work

dvpower

Zero chance of bringing back the death penalty.
If it even gets discussed I'd be surprised.

Sir George Young wrote:

But he said "weird" suggestions may be "filtered out" as MPs will only discuss topics Parliament could actually do something about

Twilightning

fedor.2. wrote: »

I think you're on to something, good work

Poo

I'm sure we could get them to debate the conservation of the Atari Jaguar if we all voted.

dvpower

krudler wrote: »

e-petitions mean something now?!

In that case, we need a boards poll.

Einhard

Stinicker wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16043512

This what the people want and it will cause quite a stir amongst the liberals thats for sure. It should never have been abolished to begin with.

How do you know it's what the people want?

FatherLen

not gonna happen...

Nodin

Stinicker wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16043512

This what the people want and it will cause quite a stir amongst the liberals thats for sure. It should never have been abolished to begin with.

Yeah, think of all the compo they would have saved if they'd just hung the Paddys instead of wrongly locking them up for years.....

Twilightning

If it gets passed in the UK, I can't wait to see how well everything goes once they execute a Muslim.

cosmicfart

The death penalty is an easy way out for those criminals truly deserving off it, they are just 'put to sleep' like a dog and get away without having the years of hell in jail they deserve. Now if it was a public firing squad or stoning, perhaps a little gas chamber exercise or even a wee bit of the 1000 cuts for mass murderous then id be all up for it tbh

prinz

Could we organise an e-petition to have Jedward put on the Queen's Honours List or some such? A Nation Once Again to replace God Save The Queen?

The Internet Explorer

No to the death penalty. Yes to cannabis, euthanasia & abortion.

Stinicker

Einhard wrote: »

How do you know it's what the people want?

Well obviously they are in favour of its debate and it has become a topic of interest on the e-petition so it is something people are thinking about.

Lumbo

I wonder how the Birmingham 6 feel about this.

Dangerous Man

"NAIL 'EM UP I SAY!!!!!!!!!! NAIL SOME SENSE INTO 'EM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Einhard

Stinicker wrote: »

Well obviously they are in favour of its debate and it has become a topic of interest on the e-petition so it is something people are thinking about.

That's not what you said though. I think the e-petition needs 100 000 signatories. Not exactly a base from which to claim that the majority of people want it.

CardBordWindow

Deadly!

fedor.2.

Lumbo wrote: »

I wonder how the Birmingham 6 feel about this


Give them a ring and ask

AnneElizabeth

Very much in two minds about the death penalty. On the one hand it does seem barbaric and I would not want to be the person who actually pushes the switch and kills the person, because technically they become a killer themselves. Also could cheapen the value of life.

However, I do think that murders/rapists/insane people who will never have a normal life are better off dead, both for themselves, the safety of others and the cost to the state for watching them.

Einhard

AnneElizabeth wrote: »

insane people

:eek:

I hope you mean the criminally insane?

Gurgle

The Internet Explorer wrote: »

No to the death penalty. Yes to cannabis, euthanasia & abortion.

Ah, we're thread voting...

No to the death penalty and abortion, yes to euthanasia & cannabis and I'll raise you prostitution.

-Trek-

:rolleyes: talk about going backwards.

Twilightning

cosmicfart wrote: »

The death penalty is an easy way out for those criminals truly deserving off it, they are just 'put to sleep' like a dog and get away without having the years of hell in jail they deserve. Now if it was a public firing squad or stoning, perhaps a little gas chamber exercise or even a wee bit of the 1000 cuts for mass murderous then id be all up for it tbh

Yeah, I'm sure trying to outdo a criminal's depravity and calling it justice is a shining example of a practice more countries should adopt into their legal system.

fedor.2.

Einhard wrote: »

:eek:

I hope you mean the criminally insane?

I dont think she did, lets hear her out

Ray Palmer

They can't bring it back in anyway with our leaving the EU so it pointless.

prinz

Simon Cowell for Prime Minister!! Instead of taxes you could be charged a fee to text in your vote on all sorts of legislation...

Text 50150 for the Death Penalty

Text 50151 to leave the E.U.

Standard network charges apply etc etc. No problems at all with such a set-up.

TheZohanS

Blatter will never allow it.

fedor.2.

Ray Palmer wrote: »

They can't bring it back in anyway with our leaving the EU so it pointless.

There wont be an EU soon, they may get away with it

Dangerous Man

fedor.2. wrote: »

Lumbo wrote: »

I wonder how the Birmingham 6 feel about this


Give them a ring and ask

Jaysus DON'T! They'll never shut the fuck up with their bangin' on about 'I'm an innocent Maawwnnn...' and 'they don't understand the meaning of the word justice' and blah blah blah blah.

Scuid Mhór

last year i would have been flat out against the death penalty, but some people really do have to die.

fedor.2.

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

last year i would have been flat out against the death penalty, but some people really do have to die.

Agreed.

cosmicfart

Twilightning wrote: »

Yeah, I'm sure trying to outdo a criminal's depravity and calling it justice is a shining example of a practice more countries should adopt into their legal system.

to be quite honest If you do the crime then you should have the crime done onto you

syklops

AnneElizabeth wrote: »

Very much in two minds about the death penalty. On the one hand it does seem barbaric and I would not want to be the person who actually pushes the switch and kills the person, because technically they become a killer themselves. Also could cheapen the value of life.

However, I do think that murders/rapists/insane people who will never have a normal life are better off dead, both for themselves, the safety of others and the cost to the state for watching them.

Thats where I am too. There are some people who I am sorry to say, are better off for everyone if they are no longer being around. However, it should only be used for really extraordinary cases. Serial Killers, and the like.

That said, we are very light on crime in this part of the world. Life imprisonment means about 8 years which is crazy! Id rather see them reform the current state of affairs, which sees repeat offenders with 80+ convictions given serious time, rather than the micky mouse convictions that are handed out.

fedor.2.

cosmicfart wrote: »

to be quite honest If you do the crime then you should have the crime done onto you

How long have you lived in Iran?

krudler

Twilightning wrote: »

If it gets passed in the UK, I can't wait to see how well everything goes once they execute a Muslim.

they'd probably delighted, means the west is falling in line with Sharia law

Twilightning

cosmicfart wrote: »

to be quite honest If you do the crime then you should have the crime done onto you

How many criminals have you heard of killing somebody with a gas chamber or a firing squad?

prinz

Bring back the chain gang and forced labour tbh. Let them grow their own food etc.

Dangerous Man

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

last year i would have been flat out against the death penalty, but some people really do have to die.

I'm all in favour of the death penalty. No joking. I wish we still had it in Ireland. It makes me sad that serious criminals such as murderers aren't executed.

Dangerous Man

Twilightning wrote: »

How many criminals have you heard of killing somebody with a gas chamber or a firing squad?

Did WWII not figure in your European history syllabus in school?

cosmicfart

Twilightning wrote: »

How many criminals have you heard of killing somebody with a gas chamber or a firing squad?

Nazis! an entire Nation! :pac:

partyatmygaff

Twilightning wrote: »

How many criminals have you heard of killing somebody with a gas chamber

Quite a few...





/Godwinned

Blisterman

Completely misleading news article there. The petition has about 600 signatures at the minute.

I'm not a mathematician, but I think that's less than 100,000.

Scuid Mhór

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I'm all in favour of the death penalty. No joking. I wish we still had it in Ireland. It makes me sad that serious criminals such as murderers aren't executed.

i don't know man. most of the clear sociopaths usually kill themselves at the end of shooting sprees but then we're seeing all of these obviously crazy people getting a decade in prison at most and then walking free. that ain't justice. what's gonna stop them from striking again?

prison is meant to be a rehabilitation centre of sorts - if you're mentally messed up, you can't improve so what's the point. just end their lives and end the widespread fear.

Green Back

I like this petition:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/1278

"Public Hanging for those who propose public hanging

Responsible department: Ministry of Justice
When God said in the Bible "a noose for a noose" He was right. For too long sick perverts have been getting away with proposing public hanging in the UK. We say enough. The proposed punishments for some crimes are so horrific that the proper punishment for proposing this punishment is the death penalty. After all, with all that DNA science we now have, we can always prove all the time who has proposed a punishment for a crime, and then propose punishing them appropriately. So, Government, will you ConDem us to more Brussels non-justice? Or will you finally publicly hang anyone who proposes public hanging for any crime? We propose this."

7sr2z3fely84g5

Prisoners mustn't be dying quick enough in uk prisons!.

I expect the church here to oppose it if brought up

seamus

There are now two petitions on the site:

One to restore capital punishment, another to keep it banned.

The latter outnumbers the former by 2:1

Killer Pigeon

seamus wrote: »

There are now two petitions on the site:

One to restore capital punishment, another to keep it banned.

The latter outnumbers the former by 2:1

You shouldn't trust an e-poll to instigate a debate on such a serious issue;
(a) There are too many irrational trolls on the internet, and
(b) The poll could easily be rigged.

I doubt that there is any other reason for so many people to vote so highly for capital punishment in an e-poll, unless the UK has suddenly turned psychotic.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Would it be even legal in EU law?.

Wiki says belarus+latvia still have it.