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If the two animals that killed James Bulger had been hanged then we would not have half the problems we have today. I am pointing to the yobs that killed a shopkeeper with a hammer in the news today hanging would have made them think twice ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What can one say about a society that hangs its children?
We live in a democratic society and the question we should be asking is 'What kind of society is able to produce children who act so abhorrently?
- some may suggest that responsibility lies with inappropriate parenting, the education system, social system and rehabilitation system?
Focusing on a simple solution of eradicating the culprit is not addressing future preventive problems.
We live in a democratic society and the question we should be asking is 'What kind of society is able to produce children who act so abhorrently?
- some may suggest that responsibility lies with inappropriate parenting, the education system, social system and rehabilitation system?
Focusing on a simple solution of eradicating the culprit is not addressing future preventive problems.
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We seem to be missing the point here a shopkeeper has just been murded with a hammer for very little money. An elderly couple were killed by yobs setting fire to a scooter for standing up to them when they were causing a nuisiance when are we going to stand up and be counted and demand the ultimate penalty to make these yobs think twice
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I'm unsure I want the accept the laws from an ancient tribe to dictate what should be so now. The eye for an eye thing was not because it was right, it was because the various tribes had to find a way to avoid permanently having grievances with each other, and being permanently at war. Hardly applicable within a nation state.
I believe this country stopped hanging people because it was wrong, and Europe came to that conclusion also, not because we couldn't be sure of the verdict.
An no, I hope my morals would not be affected if one of my family had been a victim. Although if I did change my mind it would be because I was no longer in my 'right' state of mind; concerning myself more with revenge and vengeance than what is morally correct. Hardly a reason to change the law. Those with an emotional involvement regarding something are the last ones that ought to be making decisions on it.
I believe this country stopped hanging people because it was wrong, and Europe came to that conclusion also, not because we couldn't be sure of the verdict.
An no, I hope my morals would not be affected if one of my family had been a victim. Although if I did change my mind it would be because I was no longer in my 'right' state of mind; concerning myself more with revenge and vengeance than what is morally correct. Hardly a reason to change the law. Those with an emotional involvement regarding something are the last ones that ought to be making decisions on it.
///We seem to be missing the point here a shopkeeper has just been murded with a hammer for very little money. An elderly couple were killed by yobs setting fire to a scooter for standing up to them when they were causing a nuisiance when are we going to stand up and be counted and demand the ultimate penalty to make these yobs think twice ////
No, we have the point. Is there much crime in America? They have the death sentence. Does this stop people being murdered or arson attacks? No.
Thinking that a death penalty is a solution is just plain naive. It is purely about retribution.
No, we have the point. Is there much crime in America? They have the death sentence. Does this stop people being murdered or arson attacks? No.
Thinking that a death penalty is a solution is just plain naive. It is purely about retribution.
Because of this country's so liberal views, very often the juditional system is mocked,
I would applaud any Judge who hands out a sentence to fit the crime, we are a democracy which low-life's take advantage of, the people who serve the real sentences are the families of these people who have had such heinous crimes done to them, when you have the likes of Ian Huntley asking for a DS and laptop to lessen his boredom...it's time to toughen up !
I would applaud any Judge who hands out a sentence to fit the crime, we are a democracy which low-life's take advantage of, the people who serve the real sentences are the families of these people who have had such heinous crimes done to them, when you have the likes of Ian Huntley asking for a DS and laptop to lessen his boredom...it's time to toughen up !
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I'll just copy over this post I just put on JJ's thread, as it applies here too:
It does raise the question of whether released killers can ever live a normal life. The anwer is they can and sometimes do. Did anyone see Heavenly Creatures, about the two schoolgirls who killed one of their mothers with a brick in a sock? They served a few years and were given new lives. One works with horses somewhere in the south east and has kept her privacy. The other one is a bestselling crime novelist. Would there actually be anything to be gained by putting them both behind bars again, or is to everyone's benefit that they remain productive members of society?
It does raise the question of whether released killers can ever live a normal life. The anwer is they can and sometimes do. Did anyone see Heavenly Creatures, about the two schoolgirls who killed one of their mothers with a brick in a sock? They served a few years and were given new lives. One works with horses somewhere in the south east and has kept her privacy. The other one is a bestselling crime novelist. Would there actually be anything to be gained by putting them both behind bars again, or is to everyone's benefit that they remain productive members of society?