The reason we need a Capital punishment option

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Thank you. I will ignore the asterix and take you at your word.

Asterisk

Speaking as a bed-wetting etc etc, if it was my child I would illogically want him released so I could hunt him down and torture him to death slowly.

What is most crap about this is that we are all paying a fortune for judges and lawyers and all their lackeys and flunkies to muck about knocking a largely irrelevant 10 years off what by any sensible measure was already too short a sentence for what he did.

[MaryPoppins]

Asterisk

Just making dinner and realised I'd spelt that wrong. Annoyed me so much I logged on to correct it. Damn you to hell.

[d000hg]

Big deal. It was 50 years, now it's 40... still a very long time by which he'd be too old to be a threat, which is kind of the point.
I can't even imagine what 5 years in prison would be like, let alone 40. Think I'd rather be dead.

[Drewster]

.......there will probably be an easy chemical cure for paedophilia in 40 years time................

I was of the impression that a single ounce of lead inserted at high velocity behind the left ear already provided a "chemical cure".........

[Moscow Mule]

Big deal. It was 50 years, now it's 40... still a very long time by which he'd be too old to be a threat, which is kind of the point.
I can't even imagine what 5 years in prison would be like, let alone 40. Think I'd rather be dead.

As does Huntley and a few other ***** who won't ever be let out.

[xoggoth]

Absolutely disagree. As a paedophile, he will always be a danger to society in some way or another.

Dunno, I think most people's urges will greatly diminished by that age.

[Bagpuss]

That guy had been sexually assaulting people since he was at school, so why would he stop as an old man?

[wobbegong]

I pretty much agree that life should mean no chance of parole in the case of child killers, but the system we have pretty much works. I don't think the cost/benefit is there to change it.

If it's "cost/benefit" you're after, try a couple of yards of (reusable) rope over a (reusable) beam versus the cost of keeping this piece of human offal alive for another 31 years.

[original PM]

Well apparently we will all be allowd to vote on where we want public spending cuts

And I have to say people who have been clearly convicted of child abuse/murder can take a bullet for all I care - they decided societies rules did not apply to them - so why should we spend money keeping them alive.

Next in line is lazy chav scum

closely followed by teenage slappers who see having as many kids of as many different colours as a career option.

[Moscow Mule]

Well apparently we will all be allowd to vote on where we want public spending cuts

And I have to say people who have been clearly convicted of child abuse/murder can take a bullet for all I care - they decided societies rules did not apply to them - so why should we spend money keeping them alive.

Next in line is lazy chav scum

closely followed by teenage slappers who see having as many kids of as many different colours as a career option.