Human rights prevent anyone from carrying out the same torture on the guilty and to instill such fear
well I am surprised to see a Best Answer involving Human Rights
how things change after er Brexit !
This is yet another "take your pardners for the usual dance....."
and like in "The Mouse and his Child", the puppets eventually dance without being bid.
or Dr Coppelius' automatons
No I dont think it is merited - "you have killed which is very bad and we will kill you and it is very good. You did it first"
You here is the killer and we are the "justice system"
The thing about capital punie is that Lord Kilgore said ( Kilmuir actually) " The thing about capital punishment is that there is no AAAAPPPPPPEEEAAALLLLL!"
This was to him an advantage and now , after Evans, Bentley, Irish bombers ( all) not as advantageous as once thought
[I admit I am going for the most off-the-wall post that DOESN'T get deleted. Front runner so far - obit of Luc Montagnier, deleted by a Very Concerned and Offended Mod, because he was dead. Post not mimsy enough] - I wont challenge you to think about it