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Should There Be A National Referendum On Bringing Back Capital Punishment?
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// I'd vote "no". But I'd like to see an overhaul of sentencing rules for serious crimes.// db
No
I think db is referring to the conclusion that to bring back hanging is to bring back hanging innocent people
The only mainland IRA convicts who had actually done it were the Balcombe St gang .... the rest - Guildford, Brum, M5 hadnt done it - even tho one LCJ ( Donaldson probably ) regretted that capital punishment wasnt an option
LJ Taylor when he was asked if he had ANY regrets for sending down men who hadnt done it, said 'no' - but it wasnt his fault if the police decided to lie to him .... ho hum let justice be done
No
I think db is referring to the conclusion that to bring back hanging is to bring back hanging innocent people
The only mainland IRA convicts who had actually done it were the Balcombe St gang .... the rest - Guildford, Brum, M5 hadnt done it - even tho one LCJ ( Donaldson probably ) regretted that capital punishment wasnt an option
LJ Taylor when he was asked if he had ANY regrets for sending down men who hadnt done it, said 'no' - but it wasnt his fault if the police decided to lie to him .... ho hum let justice be done
"...but as long as the House of Commons holds the reins, it will never come back."
Never mind the House of Commons. Even if every member of the Commons, every member of the Lords and every one of the electorate wanted restoration of the death penalty it would not happen for one simple reason: the UK is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights (nothing to do with the EU) and that Convntion specifically prohibits it. Despite the current (and the previous) government's rhetoric, the chances of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR is remote to put it mildly.
Never mind the House of Commons. Even if every member of the Commons, every member of the Lords and every one of the electorate wanted restoration of the death penalty it would not happen for one simple reason: the UK is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights (nothing to do with the EU) and that Convntion specifically prohibits it. Despite the current (and the previous) government's rhetoric, the chances of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR is remote to put it mildly.
No.
This is less about democracy and asking the national opinion, and more about political grandstanding and looking for an image as the party who would do away with namby pamby policies and get back to being 'British'.
Capital punishment is barbaric, and I would not support any party who even considered its return with this barmy suggestion.
This is less about democracy and asking the national opinion, and more about political grandstanding and looking for an image as the party who would do away with namby pamby policies and get back to being 'British'.
Capital punishment is barbaric, and I would not support any party who even considered its return with this barmy suggestion.
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