Capital punishment Reviews

There is one simple question to ask. Who has the right to take another person's life? The answer is no one as it makes us no better than those who kill. I can't understand how people can say that people that kill sicken them and need to be killed, it's "murder the murderer". The whole idea of execution is just revenge, you ...

Finally - a chance to go against the grain. Good old capital punishment - the judicial security blanket; scourge of the liberal; the odour-free way to attack carpet stains. Well, maybe I exaggerate but I'd like to suggest a counter-point to many of the anti-CP arguments based entirely and unashamedly on the philosophy of one Imannuel Kant. This ...

The death penalty like all contentious subjects has vehement arguement on both side sof opinion but it seems to me that one question seems unavoidable. What does the death penalty achieve? The converse question is, what do we sacrifice by adopting the death penalty? I think the most obvious answer in terms of achievment is the ...

How can you say something new about such a hotly-debated topic? I have read the majority of the points on this particular issue, some have been excellent, well-thought-out opinions, coming from both sides, others were more emotive rants. All of these opinions are valid, of course, and it is good to hear them, but my own personal belief is that, in ...

Even though capital punishment at first may seem a good option, youve got to look at the broader picture. For example if someone has taken a life does this mean they must die . Lets look at the facts , granted in this day and age with the technolgy available to us, the chances of hanging somebody who is not guilty would be slim,although ...

The crime rate in this country is up there with the MOON, and as a Dad I really fear for my kids lifes, I'm scared to let them out of my sight especially with the increase of crime. Its not just that, its past a time when you can leave your doors open during the day!!!! Let alone during the NIGHT.... I have my own opinion on these ...

I think my title says it all. I'm a bit dubious about whether I should stick anything so controversial down. My first op in speakers corner voiced a controversial view on abortion and immediately got me 20 bad ratings and countless irate comments. All because they didn't agree. So please, read it, think it through, it's my opinion ...

In an ideal world I would be all for Capital Punishment, in a just world where you could believe in the system the administration of how it would be applied, in our society such as: what about the poor and minorities? does money help your defence? Will there be safeguards for innocent people? is it possible ...

I don't think it is any coincidence that the opinions on this subject that have earnt crowns, are anti capital punishment. They are, of course, very well written, but I think it also reflects the liberal attitude of modern society today. The prevailing attitude that is drummed into children at school is that there is a need for tolerance, ...

Capital punishment. Now there's a topic that's bound to cause a lot of controversy and having looked at the other ops in the section, this has been confirmed. People seem divided as to whether it's a good or bad thing but one thing I noticed was that there were very few half measures- people were for it or against and I would say the ...

On the whole I am against capital punishment and violence of any kind. However when there is 110% proof that someone committed a murder crime, to the gallows they could go. The murder must also be thoroughly horrific for the perpertrator to be sentenced to death. If there is a shadow of doubt, no matter how minute, this person serves a life ...

For a country that’s meant to be powerful, influential and advanced, I find it scary that the USA is still using primitive methods of dealing with crime. The recent case of Timothy McVeigh only emphasises how wrong and unjustifiable capital punishment is. McVeigh was a Gulf War veteran, who was fascinated with guns from an ...

Take the James Bulger case as an example. Those children deserve Capital punishment and there are no two ways about it. They where clearly found guilty and there is no possible way that they where no guilty. The crime was totally unprovoked and very evil. I know this is not the best example I could have used because it is a very controversial ...

Capital punishment is wrong. Killing cannot be justified and to repeat it is stupid. In America and other corrupt societies they say that killing is a privilege. Killing is not a privilege. Why aren't judges brought up for mass murder? They are the ones that put so many to their deaths. If a judge who put an innocent man to death went on trial ...

PUNISHMENT OR PRIMATIVE? Recently there has been a lot of coverage regarding the use of Capital Punishment, especially since the Bush administration came to power in the good old United States of America. So what does it all involve? The person commits a crime, probably murder, gets caught, goes to court and ends up ...

I know i will get slayted for this opinion,and i know and appreciate the intricacies and feelings of people who are victims of murderers(family and friend survivors). But ,the Death penalty is not something we have the right to pass.Only god can judge these people. I know people think justice will be served, by the ...

The whole discussion on the death penalty is a highly emotive and difficult one, baring in mind two cases most recently in the headlines - McVeigh and Venables & Thompson. Two extreme cases of cold-blooded murder without a doubt. McVeigh was executed by lethal injection. At the beginning he was looking forward to dying so that he could be free and ...

I have been watching with close scrutiny at the news regarding capital punishment in us i am putting my neck on the line by saying i agree completely with eye for an eye if somebody took the life of somebody i love i want them on a plate and i gaurantee the same would be for 90% of the population we can try to say we have to rise above that level ...

After reading many of the opinions in this section, covering those both for and against I thought it was about time I put my cards on the table. Many people advocate a return of the death penalty in the UK for crimes such as murder, child abusers and rapists. Of course, this leads to an even trickier debate. If there is such debate on ...

I believe Capital punishment should not be re-introduced in this country. My main objection to it is that the state/government should not have the right to kill someone. As far as i'm concerned it is no better than the original crime. Also, far better punishment is to lock someone up for their entire life (and I mean their entire ...