Haven't both huntley and Brady attempted suicide on several occasions.Coco wrote:You are right that advanced science has reduced this risk but as Terry said, eggs will be broken.verballistic wrote:DNA testing has greatly reduced the chances of an innocent man being fried...and it provides incontrovertible evidence in many cases!!Coco wrote:
I feel the crux of the capital punishment argument if whether having one guilty man executed is too much.
If we did have the death penalty there will always be errors and innocent men will die.
Is it worth sacrificing a few innocent men to execute many guilty men?
Remember the Birmingham six would have all have been executed.
I think the argument is, is one innocent life too much? Because there will always be at least one.
I doubt there will be many people who would oppose the death sentance for some of the horrible scum out there, but legislation would have to be put into place to organise this and that is where problems occur.
If it was the simple question, does the likes of Brady, Hindley or Huntley deserve to die, it would be an easy answer
I think there is an argument for giving them the choice. If someone is going to spend the rest of their natural life in prison, then it would possibly be better all around if they chose to die rather than be forced to live in prison. It's a more compassionate stance in my view.
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