Should women get the death penalty?

[BrilloPad]

BBC News - Texas executes female murderer Suzanne Basso

Actually - scrub that question. Would MTT?

[MicrosoftBob]

Wait for the stampede of feminists demanding equality

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

BBC News - Texas executes female murderer Suzanne Basso

Actually - scrub that question. Would MTT?

Depends if they look like that thug or not.....

[vwdan]

I'd rather nobody be given the death penalty, really. Expensive, ineffective and not befitting a civilised society.

[SimonMac]

I'd rather nobody be given the death penalty, really. Expensive, ineffective and not befitting a civilised society.

But its America

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I'd rather nobody be given the death penalty, really. Expensive, ineffective and not befitting a civilised society.

Seriously, I think the death penalty should be used in situations where it is beyond any doubt that somebody has committed heinous crimes for example Jimmy Saville or that murdering doctor (I forgot his name). Why use tax payers money to keep these people alive? The only appropriate punishment is death and let them get it in the grave.

[MarillionFan]

I'd rather nobody be given the death penalty, really. Expensive, ineffective and not befitting a civilised society.

Bullet to the back of the head. Kim Jong style.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

But its America

Excellent point.

[vwdan]

Seriously, I think the death penalty should be used in situations where it is beyond any doubt that somebody has committed heinous crimes for example Jimmy Saville or that murdering doctor (I forgot his name). Why use tax payers money to keep these people alive? The only appropriate punishment is death and let them get it in the grave.

But we don't have a "beyond any doubt" benchmark for crime - how would that work? Who defines NO doubt WHATSOEVER? Even if we were able to define such a definition, how many cases do you realistically think would fall into it? And even in the US, it costs many times more than the cost of a quiet prison sentence in the end.

[mudskipper]

BBC News - Texas executes female murderer Suzanne Basso

Actually - scrub that question. Would MTT?

No, and nor should men.

I imagine not. Especially not now she's dead.