bring back the death penalty UK only?

Absolutely not. I would be so ashamed if we behaved in such an uncivlised way. There are so many reasons why this is a bad idea, and I don't have time just at the moment to list them all, so I'll give just a few.

It is not a deterrent. Look at the crime rates of countries that have violet and suppressive punishments and those that don't. (In fact look at the US and the difference from state to state.)

Mistakes cannot be rectified.

It does not allow for redemption.

It is akin to torture.

Where do you draw the line at who receives and who does not. The 18 year old who has the intelligence of a 11 year old? Or the 11 year old who is a child prodigy?

As I said I could go on and on and on.

I never want our county to ever be associated with this disgusting practice.

A few holes in your arguments. At present we only convict people where there is no doubt of guilt. We don't have degrees of doubt or guilt. Just yes or no. Are you telling me that there are no innocent people currently in our jails? Child molesters are scum, don't get me wrong. But, if committing their offence meant the death penalty, then why not get rid of the only witness? Similarly rapists. If you have the death penalty for these people, far more will go on to kill their victims and remove the only witness to the crime. It is not logical to use the worst possible punishment for any crime less than the worst possible crime - murder. Sadly, the number of sick individuals demanding their 'right' to see a video of Saddam's execution today make me think that there would be no shortage of potential executioners. Indeed, you could probably auction the post off to the highest bidder. EDIT Sorry to contradict your abusive response, but you DID attempt to argue that "the death penalty should be brought back in certain cases e.g, serial rapists.murderers,child s.ex abusers and in other cases where there is only 100% no doubt of guilt."

First take a look at the US experience with the death penalty. You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid terrible punishments for terrible crimes to ask if the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime, to look at alternatives and to think about the risks of executing innocent people. Sources below.

127 people on death rows released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reliable study shows the death penalty deters others. To deter others a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in those that don’t.

We have a good alternative, life without parole, on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure, swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty.

The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people.

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members have testified that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. Speed up the process and we will execute innocent people.

well on the face of it i think yes but when i think about it.

it would be no because

it may sound great to us oh yer its what they deserve and you know what some people deserve horrible punishments.

however i feel a better punishment would be to serve life in prison if you do something like murder and it should be bad not like what Ian Huntley got with his computer and all gizmo's and money no i would get rid of that and get them doing hard labor.get them to do stuff like build stuff on cars or clean things put these people to good use. also i would have worst offenders never getting out cells that they would be tr aped in there always screw human rights.prison should being painful

the problem with capital punishment is for one it is easy way out.second look at USA in some states you can go throw 30 appeals before death sentence is carried out and US is tough on criminals could you image that in this country where we are so light on these people hardly anyone would see death sentence and it would cost so much Even more than looking after them and that is true.

plus in USA they have proven death penalty does not Detere people from murder in there statistics.

but however i think when you do something like murder you should have your human rights throw out the window.

this country should try to get more rights taken away from these prinsoners because at the moment there are to many rights

Absolutely not.

There are too many moral problems with it. If someone condemns killers and then sentences people to be killed themselves - how are they any better than the original criminal?!

I know the old arguement, if someone had killed a family member of yours, you'd want them killed. But I genuinely wouldn't. I'd want them to suffer everyday in the knowledge of what they had done.

Life imprisonment should mean the rest of their life in prison, rather than 25 years, but there is no moral excuse for execution.

Yes Bring it back. It might deter people from carrying guns and knives, and from trying to blow us to pieces. Definitely for terrorism, and child murder.

In this day and age with D.N.A. if someone can be definitely proven a murderer, they should face the death penalty. This Country is way too soft.

No - I'm not going to go into a long winded rant here - but it's not worth the risk of executing an innocent person, and that does happen.

That's all I have to say.

No, i don't think its right to take a life of someone who's done wrong because then you're letting them get off, they wont suffer, thinking about them people, they'll get out of it easy and also takin there life wouldn't that mean you are as bad as them?

naw!

Let the bastards suffer in prison and I mean suffer.

bring back an eye for an eye...thats fair!