The Death Penalty: Right or Wrong?

That comparison made me laugh.

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Originally Posted by scottish

That comparison made me laugh.

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Typical danlogic

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Originally Posted by djclune

You're comparing apples and oranges mate. I do agree with the use of state force to prevent threats from harming innocent people, I don't agree that the state should have the right to execute prisoners. I'm shocked that you're being so dense.

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So you do agree with the state execution.

The difference between you and me is that I prefer it done with a trial by jury, a free press and appeals in a court of law.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

So you do agree with the state execution.

The difference between you and me is that I prefer it done with a trial by jury, a free press and appeals in a court of law.

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Nope, do you not understand what an execution is? Killing someone that's on a shooting rampage isn't an execution. Don't be so foolish, admit you're wrong.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

So you do agree with the state execution.

The difference between you and me is that I prefer it done with a trial by jury, a free press and appeals in a court of law.

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There's a MASSIVE difference between state execution and being killed by armed police/whatever you want to call them.

If you don't realise then you're even stupider than I thought you were.

The last person who ran into the grounds of Buckingham Palace wasn't shot at or killed. He was caught. The comparison doesn't make sense in this context :/

I'm against it as it costs far too much and finding absolute proof is difficult. Furthermore, we are such a boring, quiet country that bringing it back for a very small number of criminals seems almost pointless just to change the legal system when better laws should be passed through Parliament. Also, this is Britain. We barely know what's going on right in front of us so asking a Brit to prove someone guilty seems a bit risky seeing as we let paedophiles run rampant for decades and couldn't be bothered to do anything about it.

If there is hard proof (E.g. video proof of the killer shooting/stabbing/whatevering the target) then yes, shoot the *******.