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As for the reduction in the sentence if the convicted person admits guilt... well I do agree with that. But I just wonder what happens to those people who are innocent to start with and refuse to admit to something they have not done.
Just thought I'd clarify such things for the debate.
how did the friggin assylum seeker get in here again?
In the back of a lorry like the rest of 'em, I presume.
*dies laughing*
Have you ever considered a career in stand-up comedy? I'd pay a fortune to see your show:D
leftwing people never suffer vandalism ...robbery ...burglary ...rape or murder ...why do you think that is luke?
and what of the innocent who get convicted wrongly
Judges are not ordinary people, they’re detached from ordinary life and don’t live in the real world.
For cold and calculated premeditated murder committed by somebody in full possession of their faculties they should definitely receive mandatory life imprisonment regardless.
On other cases there should be more leniency; crimes of passion for instance. And people who are suffering from mental problems should be sent to a mental institution instead of prison.
I’m not sure whether I support the death penalty for criminals. Basic conditions in prison is probably a greater deterrent. However, I would support a referendum on the issue.
Judges decide sentances because they have the training and specialist knowledge to do so.
There is perhaps room for the jury to put forward a view which the judge could consider, but for them to decide the sentance, no, thats a bad idea.
Which is exactly why they should deal out punishments. They have an appropriatly detached sense of just punishment. Ordinary people such as you and me don't have the same detachment.
If I had a car accident and killed a friend, purely because of bad luck, not because I'd been drinking or driving too fast. It'd be reasonable for her family to want a harsh judgement for me. The judge however, may see that it was nothing but an accident and I've lost a friend, and may let me off.
Did you now, as a random tangent, that studies have shown that judges tend to give more harsh sentences than "ordinary members of the public"?
No, I didn't think you did.
:banghead:
I'm going to commit cold and calculated premeditated murder on the next person who says that.
The sentence for murder is mandatory life sentence. It was how the Death Penalty was abolished in 1965.
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If you knew your arse from your elbow you'd know that this is already the case.
Anyone who could even entertain the possibility of asking people about the death penalty is a fool, in my humblest opinion. This is exactly the sort of thing the people shouldn't decide, because, in the nicest possible way, they know fuck all about the law or about sentencing. people who know fuck all have no moral right to make a decision on that subject.
The caes of Bentley and Ellis show why the death penalty should never be rbought back.
Oddly enough, so do I.
Democracy is the tyranny of the stupid.
The problem being who to replace them with.
I know.
Democracy is bar far and away the worst possible method of govenment and political delivery.
Except all the other ways.
Personally I suggest replacing them with a panel of me and, um, me, but I don't know how many of the masses would agree with this. Not many, again proviong the stupidity argument, me thinks :yes:
Me, duh!
Though the selection of this panel and how to then make decisions should be in my hands.
And she's the boss :nervous:
(no offence mate)
Even if the "victim" was an aggressive, violent bully?
I'll take his place
Once again, for those who have trouble reading. The sentance in mandatory LIFE, the question is when parole is heard and given. Remembering of course that any minor violation can result in being placed back in custody.
so what any minor violation can result in them being placed back into custody. Before you make judgements I don't subscribe to the "lock 'em up and throw away the key" attitude.
Just let me ask you, if someone killed a member of your family and admitted it straight away and managed to get out after just 10 years, you would think that punishment enough for the taking a life?