It's all a bit academic. Polls have shown for years that there is a "majority" in favour of it being re-introduced but Parliament has resolutely resisted. They will continue to do so.
Here are a couple of comments that have caught my eye:
Seems rather ironic that the very people who think we're heading for Sharia law in a handcart, are campaigning for the death penalty. - @meralhece
States with: Egypt, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait.
States without: Israel.
Credit where it's due. Although they did execute Eichmann in '61.
Steve
If residents would like to see Capital Punishment
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WHO CAN BE CONTACTED st his Private office in
HOUSE OF COMMONS,WESTMINSTER,LONDON SWIA OAA
eMAIL scottle@parliament.uk
Office Phone No 0207 219 8326
Likewise those constituents of Ilford North who do NOT wish to see CP re-introduced can contact Lee at the same address.
ReplyDeleteLike I said it won't make a ha'pence of difference.
In reading about this subject on another blog, I came across frequent statements that high levels of support for capital punishment arise because the public is furious about criminals appearing to get away with little, light or no sentencing.
ReplyDeleteI'm more angry about the high level of illiteracy and wretched backgrounds of many young criminals, the lack of adequate rehabilitation programmes, and the imprisonment of many who are far more in need of sound mental health care, rather than prison.
I have mixed feelings about capital punishment although am broadly in favour.
ReplyDeleteExpanding on Judith's comment I would suggest that if severe non-lethal punishments were handed out to the evil and appropriate punishment followed by uncompromising efforts to rehabilitate were handed out to the rest the clamour for the death penalty wouldn't be so pronounced.
As much as anything else it is the sheer frustration the public feels at an oafish police/judiciary that drives them to wanting something as certain and as unequivocal as execution.
Gary Monro
I realise there is a general perception that the vast majority of the country want to bring back capital punishment but I'm not sure this is being demonstrated at the moment. Despite all the tough talk the e-petition to maintain the ban is leading by over 8000 signatures E-petition and some polling data I looked at shows support is probably falling and there isn't an overwhelming majority anyway UK Polling Report. Anyway as Weggis has pointed out the ban is very unlikely to be lifted whatever the polls show.
ReplyDeleteGary, by and large the police and judiciary HAVE to follow the law, dictated to them by Government.
ReplyDeleteSo, the police have for years (post Scarman and the Lawrence enquiries) been directed into social work and 'community relations', whilst sentencing guidelines have tied magistrates' hands.
And don't get me started on the idiotic policy of closing asylums (started, may I point out, under Harold Wilson), instead of reforming and developing them, which means our prisons are acting as utterly inadequate depositories for the mentally ill.
I don't think MPs should debate CP until the judges have shown themselves to be 100% accurate and perfect for 25 years.
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