[garinda]

Although I think our criminal justice system is much too lenient, I am against the death penalty.

There were, are, and would undoubtedly be miscarriages of justice, and no amount of compensation will result in bringing back from the dead an innocent man or woman.

I remember when I first joined Accy Web there was a thread and poll about the death penalty, and I was in a minority in not wanting it reintroduced.

Despite being one of the few who argued against it, I didn't feel as if I was under attack. It was just differing points of view.

With all the recent brouhaha about new members being treated with kid gloves, it didn't put me off posting in other threads.

As then, for the reasons I mentioned above, I would still fight the reintroduction of capital punishment in this country.