Reply to: A case for the death penalty

[zathras]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4743354.stm

How low can a human being stoop? Anyone guilty of such crimes should relieved of their lives IMO. Anyone disagree?

Never been a fan of Capital punishment but 9 years is not enough. Double it and we might be getting somewhere.

It is not recorded if she would have survived had an ambulance been called for her at the time of the original fall. Ergo his acts may have contributed significantly to her death.

[Dundeegeorge]

Utter utter bolleaux

Part of the problem here though is the appalling non-actions of the social services


NO NO NO NO NO
This ******* psycho did what he did because he's a psycho.
It is no one's fault but his. This shifting of blame is why we're in such a bad way. He's responsible, fully and completely responsible.
If we don't have the balls to remove scum like that from life then he should at least be locked up forever.

[John Galt]

That is just sickening. If the folk of this country don't agree with capital punishment, they should at least advocate a lifetime of hard, unpaid labour for scumbags like this.

That's my main problem with sending these people to prison - they may get a few kickings from fellow inmates and, yes, they are incarcerated but their life is not exactly hard. Prison for me should act as both punishment and deterrent and I really don't think that the system we have now does either

[Mordac]

True this is a heinous crime and the bastard deserves to be banged up for life. Part of the problem here though is the appalling non-actions of the social services who seems, in this instance as in many other high profile similar cases, to have not done enough to prevent it even though the child was on an at risk register.

Clearly the Victoria Climbie case outcomes has had little effect.

It was never going to, and neither will this one.

[Denny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4746642.stm

A father who battered and burnt his son to death has been given a life sentence after being convicted of murder.
Paul O'Neil, 33, from Newcastle, held the face of his three-month-old son Aaron against a gas fire and later fractured his skull with a head blow.

True this is a heinous crime and the bastard deserves to be banged up for life. Part of the problem here though is the appalling non-actions of the social services who seems, in this instance as in many other high profile similar cases, to have not done enough to prevent it even though the child was on an at risk register.

Clearly the Victoria Climbie case outcomes has had little effect.

[Muggers]

....and then there's this....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4746760.stm

[ALM]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4746642.stm

A father who battered and burnt his son to death has been given a life sentence after being convicted of murder.
Paul O'Neil, 33, from Newcastle, held the face of his three-month-old son Aaron against a gas fire and later fractured his skull with a head blow.

That is just sickening. If the folk of this country don't agree with capital punishment, they should at least advocate a lifetime of hard, unpaid labour for scumbags like this.

[Mordac]

Not sure if this is "worse" or not

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4746642.stm

A father who battered and burnt his son to death has been given a life sentence after being convicted of murder.
Paul O'Neil, 33, from Newcastle, held the face of his three-month-old son Aaron against a gas fire and later fractured his skull with a head blow.

[Dundeegeorge]

Phew

I'm sorry I disagree. The only crimes that deserve severe punishment are those relating to missing your self assessment deadline and those due to speeding or parking.

Everything else is trivia.

Thanks,

Tony

Thank god there's someone with a sense of perspective

hugs and kisses
Gordon

[DimPrawn]

I'm sorry I disagree. The only crimes that deserve severe punishment are those relating to missing your self assessment deadline and those due to speeding or parking.

Everything else is trivia.

Thanks,

Tony

[The Lone Gunman]

He might have been obeying her last request. who is to say that when she banged her head she didnt utter "**** me!"

Possibly he belongs to a religious sect who state that none shall enter heaven virgo intacta

Just being flippant. I would throw to the lifers for a couple of years of torment then string him up.

[Mailman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4743354.stm

How low can a human being stoop? Anyone guilty of such crimes should relieved of their lives IMO. Anyone disagree?

Stop infringing this persons human rights and more importantly, stop oppressing him!

Mailman

[Dundeegeorge]

Ah, so you're suggesting that

The death penalty wouldn't have made a difference in this, or many cases. I don't reckon the guy stopped to think "Hang on, there might be a nasty punishment for this."

because criminals will always break the law then there should be no punishment for crime (and therefore no crime) as there is no deterrent.
Brilliant, how long have you worked for the government?

[thunderlizard]

The death penalty wouldn't have made a difference in this, or many cases. I don't reckon the guy stopped to think "Hang on, there might be a nasty punishment for this."

[Dundeegeorge]

Again with the rush to non-judgement

Only God (if there is one) and Chico are in the position to judge that. I am not. Surely I want to be sure that those people cannot harm the society, but taking somebody's life is another matter.

Would it be easier if we chose not to judge him morally but simply to execute him as an enemy of society?
And what is all this 'most evil, lowest' crap, doesn't anyone remember the 6 month old baby who was raped?