[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Mick

Do I believe in the Death Penalty ? It is a hard one. Sometimes emotions override intellect and all that matters is, an eye for an eye. In cases where there is overwhelming evidence of wrong doing and that the crime involves pretty gruesome and brutal murders, then, yes I could say the death penalty should be brought back, but again I stress in cases where the evidence is significantly overwhelming.

An example of where the death penalty, I feel should have been used but was not because it had just been abolished in Britain: The Moors Murderers and child killers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, whose kidnap and murder spree happened in the area where I live back in the 1960's. The evidence stacked up against them, they were guilty as hell and it was just unfortunate and unbelievable poor timing that the death penalty had just been abolished. Those two should have been Executed for what they did to those kids ! Those who are not in favor of the death penalty, had it been one of your kids they kidnapped and tortured and recorded their screams and took photographs of their evils deeds, could you honestly say, hand on heart, those two **** bags didn't deserve to be Executed ?

You're missing the point Mick, I think I've made this point either in this or another thread. But once you become personally/emotionally involved in a crime then of course you would be screaming for the death penalty.

Our legal system isn't nor cannot be based on emotion.