Question about Thatcher?

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I heard Margaret Thatcher support death penalty. 
Did she have no sympathy about revenge of revenge killers?

I wonder whether she supported that people put to death before they became innocent(In fact, they are originally innocent)

I'm very curious.

David S · Accepted Answer

I have no doubt she would not support the death penalty for innocent people. The problem is knowing who might be innocent after a court has found them guilty.

? · Answer

Murder is wrong, full stop, whether revenge killers or not.  Yes, she supported the death penalty, and of course this means sometimes you're going to execute the innocent.

Of course she never did anything about restoring it because the House of Commons would have rejected it.  Until 1998, it was traditional for the Commons to have a free vote on it after every general election, and it was always rejected because a lot of her own party voted against it.

Maxi · Answer

Too late to ask her what she thought or not

Anonymous · Answer

She remarked that the terrorists who blew up the hotel with her in it should get the death penalty. It wasn't high on her list though.

Anonymous · Answer

You heard wrong if she supported the death penalty she could have brought
it back with her majority in the House of Commons.

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