[accymel]

Further to this debate i dont think the death penalty is the real issue more to do with that the current Law doesnt seem to be enough deterent to criminals & criminal acts & that the law has its inconsistances with regard to reasonable punishment for these crimes..... hence the lets hang em attitude being displayed, well that wouldn't solve the inconsistances within the law system but agravate matters worse by seeking avengance & making someone pay with result of death to possibles of innocent people paying the price for the real culprit. Even in the days of corporal punishment the inconsistancy in law meant a loss of an innocent person fitted for the crimes commited & no turning back for that innocent person whom ultamately cannot get his life back at all despite being cleared of that accusation.

The real issue is justice & altho i do feel the current prison system clearly doesn't work in majority of cases & certainly not actively rehabilitating effectively so that they dont commit again, unfortunately the majority do go onto re affending & doing bigger crimes to make it more the worth while, recent case of a woman being killed on a canal path by a guy whom only just got out of prison within days on early licence, which raised the issue of rehabilitation & means of assessing these criminals. There needs to be an active re-assessment of the current system in place with regard to punishment & habilitation that is justice but also ensuring the message of deterent & something done about it. Todays world is so much more violent & seemingly socially acceptable of it which is so wrong!