No. Never take what you can't give back. There have been too many instances of wrongful convictions, with alleged "concrete proof", for this ever to be a serious suggestion.
No. Never take what you can't give back. There have been too many instances of wrongful convictions, with alleged "concrete proof", for this ever to be a serious suggestion.
I dont think it sud be used...however i believe murderers should get life inprisonment....abd by that i mean they are NEVER released, rather than walking free ten years later
And yes prison should be tougher...however without mental stimulation that tvs and computers provide, they would go crazy and probably come out more dangerous than when they came in.
Im in favour. If it was a member of my family who'd been killed i wud want it, so i have to keep that view throughout.
Sorry but you've just highlighted the reason it shouldn't be brought in , the law is "reason without passion" saying you'd change the law based on your own personal circumstances, no matter how tragic, deprives consistency. Only barbarians take lives, we haven't reached that stage as a country and almost every other "developed" nation recognises it's a pretty inefficient way of dealing with crime.
And you wonder why we have one of the highest rate of reoffenders in Europe.
Prison isn't a deterrent. Some people are prepared to lose their lives in order to commit their crime. A big no for me. There are other things we should be looking at.
Point taken about the law. I was trying to justify my opinion overall by putting a personal slant on it. Im an eye for an eye bloke, and not with any religious reason attached to it.
Im in favour. If it was a member of my family who'd been killed i wud want it, so i have to keep that view throughout.
Of course the other side of the coin is what if one of your family was the innocent person executed in error by the state?
So, as much as at times, in anger I may say "they should hang that b*****d", the rational, logical brain we have been gifted [except GH of course ;-)] says it is wrong when looked at in the cold light of day.
If prison sentences reflected the crime, we would not need this debate - we too often see 4 years for rape and suchlike, which usually means only half of that term. Offenders are too often out early to re-offend. Category 1 offences should mean 'lifelong' imprisonment opposed to 'life', which means something totally different. Prisons should not be like hotels, but that's another debate! 4.0 today!
If prison sentences reflected the crime, we would not need this debate - we too often see 4 years for rape and suchlike, which usually means only half of that term. Offenders are too often out early to re-offend. Category 1 offences should mean 'lifelong' imprisonment opposed to 'life', which means something totally different. Prisons should not be like hotels, but that's another debate! 4.0 today!
Not sure that extreme prison sentences are the answer either. Only have to look at the good old US of A to see that metaphorically throwing the key away is no deterrent.
I don't think this is a sick thread, after the recent events there's probably a lot of people who want to bring it back. Keep the thread going so that they understand why we shouldn't bring it back!
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And you wonder why we have one of the highest rate of reoffenders in Europe.
Sorry but you've just highlighted the reason it shouldn't be brought in , the law is "reason without passion" saying you'd change the law based on your own personal circumstances, no matter how tragic, deprives consistency. Only barbarians take lives, we haven't reached that stage as a country and almost every other "developed" nation recognises it's a pretty inefficient way of dealing with crime.
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It's a definate no from me.
Of course the other side of the coin is what if one of your family was the innocent person executed in error by the state?
So, as much as at times, in anger I may say "they should hang that b*****d", the rational, logical brain we have been gifted [except GH of course ;-)] says it is wrong when looked at in the cold light of day.
No
Gandhi once said 'an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind'.
Not sure that extreme prison sentences are the answer either. Only have to look at the good old US of A to see that metaphorically throwing the key away is no deterrent.
1, as said above, never take what you can't give back - life
2, true life imprisonment is more of a punishment than the death penalty