Death penalty

[newfhouse]

Didn’t take long for 30p Lee to feel emboldened and do what they employed him for, did it?

 

[Deleted member 49]

He's not wrong though is he...🙄
Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson in favour of the death penalty:

“nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”

 

[Mr Celine]

Has he never considered those who never committed a crime before being executed?

 

[newfhouse]

Has he never considered those who never committed a crime before being executed?

About as carefully as Priti Patel did.


View: https://youtu.be/_DrsVhzbLzU

 

[C R]

He's not wrong though is he...🙄
Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson in favour of the death penalty:

“nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”

the worrying thing is how many voters fail to see the flaw in that logic.

 

[Deleted member 49]

I still remember watching the brilliant Rough Justice years ago,never mind all the other wrongful convictions that have come about...Birmingham Six being the first that springs to mind.

 

[Deleted member 28]

I still remember watching the brilliant Rough Justice years ago,never mind all the other wrongful convictions that have come about...Birmingham Six being the first that springs to mind.

Do people not think with modern technology, the appeal process and CCTV that's everywhere the chances of wrongfully putting these scumbags down would be pretty much negated?

Lee Rigby's murderer for example or Ian Huntly, any chance the wrong person was imprisoned?

 

[AuroraSaab]

Probably not much chance if it was a conviction based on forensics, but still possible if it was a case based on witness testimony. Also worth noting that not everybody gets a decent lawyer who makes sure all the evidence is heard. More of an issue in the US than here but can still affect the outcome of a trial.

I think there would be more support for extending the 'whole life tarrif' than a return to the death penalty.

 

[newfhouse]

Do people not think with modern technology, the appeal process and CCTV that's everywhere the chances of wrongfully putting these scumbags down would be pretty much negated?

No.

https://www.theguardian.com/science...ilures-putting-justice-at-risk-says-regulator

 

[Deleted member 49]

Do people not think with modern technology, the appeal process and CCTV that's everywhere the chances of wrongfully putting these scumbags down would be pretty much negated?

Lee Rigby's murderer for example or Ian Huntly, any chance the wrong person was imprisoned?

Sorry don't know where the rest of my reply went...anyway there's allways room for error.Im sure America has access to all the modern technology we have and they still get it wrong.Either way I'm against it.

 

[Beebo]

The death penalty isn’t a deterrent. People still commit awful crimes in countries that have it.
So what is the point of it other than to throw red meat to idiots.
Civilised societies don’t kill people as punishment.

 

[Salty seadog]

Probably not much chance if it was a conviction based on forensics, but still possible if it was a case based on witness testimony. Also worth noting that not everybody gets a decent lawyer who makes sure all the evidence is heard. More of an issue in the US than here but can still affect the outcome of a trial.

I think there would be more support for extending the 'whole life tarrif' than a return to the death penalty.

DNA evidence is not as flawless as people think, in fact it is riddled with holes.

 

[Ian H]

DNA evidence is not as flawless as people think, in fact it is riddled with holes.

I think there have been convictions overturned where DNA evidence has been questioned.

Fingerprints are also not as unique as once thought.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Accepting the use of the death penalty includes acceptance that sometimes innocent people will be killed by the state. That’s not something I would ever support.

 

[multitool]