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Is it time the UK brought back the death penalty?
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Drunken Monkey



Joined: 17 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:39 pm    Post subject: Is it time the UK brought back the death penalty? Reply with quote

For some reason this worries me more then the bomb plots.

I now think it is time the UK stopped pissing around and stated "If you plan to, or commit a murder you will face the death penalty"

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1249593,00.html
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Is it time the UK brought back the death penalty? Reply with quote

Yes, that's the best way to stop suicide bombers.
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gang ah jee



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They should bring it back, but only as long as they post videos of the executions on the internet.
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Drunken Monkey



Joined: 17 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Racetraitor, you didnt read the link did you??
this is not about suicide bombers, change of tactics on the terrorists part.

Gang, i think you can already get these type of videos!!
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am not sure that the death penalty is what they need to do.

Deportation and restricting their immigration might work a bit better.
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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Theres only one solution. Send them to australia..it worked before it can work again.


Seriously though, lifetime breaking rocks would do it.
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dogbert



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you limeys had any balls, you would have killed those punks who butchered little Jamie Bulger.
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JMO



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dogbert wrote:
If you limeys had any balls, you would have killed those punks who butchered little Jamie Bulger.


You must be a troll. Killing kids as young as that is obviously wrong no matter what they did.
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Drunken Monkey



Joined: 17 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is why Dogbert is here, he likes to wind people up with provocative comments.

Personally i woudlnt piss in his mouth if his teeth were on fire.

Carry on Dogbert!
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dogbert



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drunken Monkey wrote:
That is why Dogbert is here, he likes to wind people up with provocative comments.



Sadly, it really doesn't take much, does it, guvnor?

That said, you English monkeynuts really did screw up letting those kids off so easily.
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rothkowitz



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it were brought back you'd get the same old stories of innocent people being put to death as.....which was how hanging in the Commonwealth was cast aside before.
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Drunken Monkey



Joined: 17 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You wont get any arguement from me regarding the lack of severe punishments handed down by the British courts.

Regardless of the death penalty, life sentences in the UK will probably not amount to more than 10 years if the convicted gets time off for good behaviour.
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doggyji



Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A bit off topic. This reminds me of this. The British courts don't really seem to enforce heavy punishments. This English man killed his Korean wife and hid her dismembered body parts in a fridge. He was sentenced to 5 years of jail time. It seems most of the related articles are filled with his own possibly one-sided claims. Of course, a dead woman cannot speak for herself. Maybe the wife was a really bad woman and the guy was in fact a poor victim for long who accidentally killed his mean wife and then cut her into 9 pieces and then fled to Japan for a while. Who knows. Does this sound fair?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1536058,00.html
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rothkowitz



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anybody remember the Brazilian that was killed in the aftermath of the London bombing?

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Privateer



Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

doggyji wrote:
A bit off topic. This reminds me of this. The British courts don't really seem to enforce heavy punishments. This English man killed his Korean wife and hid her dismembered body parts in a fridge. He was sentenced to 5 years of jail time. It seems most of the related articles are filled with his own possibly one-sided claims. Of course, a dead woman cannot speak for herself. Maybe the wife was a really bad woman and the guy was in fact a poor victim for long who accidentally killed his mean wife and then cut her into 9 pieces and then fled to Japan for a while. Who knows. Does this sound fair?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1536058,00.html


No, it doesn't sound fair, but presumably the coroner's report confirmed the cause of death was a single punch, which corroborates the man's story. That would make it manslaughter aggravated by the grisly way in which he tried to cover it up. Not murder.

I agree that 5 years still seems light, but without knowing the ins and outs you can't say for sure whether the judge used their discretion advisedly or not - assuming they were allowed some discretion in sentencing. There are certainly hundreds of appalling stories about how out of touch British judges are with public sentiment. My impression is the law unjustly values property more than persons too.

However, why are you singling out British courts? I'm sure we could find plenty of cases in Korea where the courts let someone off lightly.
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