DarrenEdward
New Member
Capiltal punishment goes with the civilised world like oil and water.
The mentality of 'an eye for an eye' is outdated, barbaric and appeals to the base insticts of a canibalistic rabble.
Firslty, there is NO evidence that capital punishment has reduced crime in the civilised world. George W Bush holds the record for executing the most peple (in Texas, now there's a surprise). I could stop the argument here but...
The aim of any punishment is to serve as a deterrant to commit further crime. Capital punishment is no deterrant. It merely appeals to braindead Sun readers who also want to know the address of the local nonce 'in the interests of the community' - yeah right!!
A mate of mine said, "People should be accountable for their actions". Ok agreed. We'll come back to that. But...so should the police and the courts.
In reality, only one man knows if Gerry Conlon was guilty or not. What we do know was he was beaten and starved into confessing to a crime where there was no clear-cut evidence against him. Had he been sentenced to death, there would have been no further investigation, Gerry would have been forgotten about and the disgusting scale of police brutality, aided by bent judges and the old tie network, would never have come to light.
It's a cliche to ask 'What about the wrongly convicted?' so I won't. But if the police are fitting people up and beating confessions from them I want to know. And keeping prisoners alive will make it more likely this stuff will come out in the long run. It will weed out the scumbags from the force, the majority of whom do a good job.
The answer? Yes tougher prisons. Take the plasma screens and the Playstations outa there. No wet liberal here. And compulsory numeracy and literacy, with a proper back-to-work program, would go a long way.
The answer doesn't hang in the gallows,
Dazza
The mentality of 'an eye for an eye' is outdated, barbaric and appeals to the base insticts of a canibalistic rabble.
Firslty, there is NO evidence that capital punishment has reduced crime in the civilised world. George W Bush holds the record for executing the most peple (in Texas, now there's a surprise). I could stop the argument here but...
The aim of any punishment is to serve as a deterrant to commit further crime. Capital punishment is no deterrant. It merely appeals to braindead Sun readers who also want to know the address of the local nonce 'in the interests of the community' - yeah right!!
A mate of mine said, "People should be accountable for their actions". Ok agreed. We'll come back to that. But...so should the police and the courts.
In reality, only one man knows if Gerry Conlon was guilty or not. What we do know was he was beaten and starved into confessing to a crime where there was no clear-cut evidence against him. Had he been sentenced to death, there would have been no further investigation, Gerry would have been forgotten about and the disgusting scale of police brutality, aided by bent judges and the old tie network, would never have come to light.
It's a cliche to ask 'What about the wrongly convicted?' so I won't. But if the police are fitting people up and beating confessions from them I want to know. And keeping prisoners alive will make it more likely this stuff will come out in the long run. It will weed out the scumbags from the force, the majority of whom do a good job.
The answer? Yes tougher prisons. Take the plasma screens and the Playstations outa there. No wet liberal here. And compulsory numeracy and literacy, with a proper back-to-work program, would go a long way.
The answer doesn't hang in the gallows,
Dazza
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