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Originally Posted by Pablo76
ok so i intrigued myself , i am amazed to find out that the death sentence was still mandatory for treason up until 1998 !!
the last person executed in uk was in 1965.
I'm all for bringing it back , The USA has it right from what i can see. We are definately too soft on the more hardcore offenders.
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I agree. But we shouldn't do it only as a reaction to violent crimes and unrepentant criminals.
Instead, the death penalty should be used only for violent re-offenders, in my opinion. It reduces the chances of mistrials and gives the criminal a chance to rehabilitate into society as well as being a good deterrent.
If its to be re-introduced, as I think it should, there must be very, very stringent criteria for who gets executed.