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Originally Posted by Damien
Because it's a matter of debate if it's an effective deterrent. There is little evidence to suggest that it is. Therefore there is little upside, other than revenge, to outweigh the risk that you may kill an innocent person. Someone killing another person is sick, evil, and tragic. The state killing a (innocent) person in the name of justice manages to be even more so.
That's my opinion anyway. It's not a popular one when contrasted with an awful crime like this one but when we're talking about policy and justice we have to deal with it in an abstracted manor rather than on the back of, and in the context of, an emotional charged crime.
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Perhaps Arthur would like to move to a country that has the death penalty for murder, rather than living in the UK & whingeing because we don't - one that doesn't suffer snow related problems, as well, perhaps - how about Iraq?
- sorry, but having a thread like this hijacked by an agenda is extremely upsetting - it is about the tragic loss of someone's daughter, not an opportunity to discuss legal policy - I find this incredibly insensitive, tbh ...