Should the Death Penalty Be Reintroduced Into Britian
Should capital punishment be reintroduced in Britain under any circumstances?
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. Since ancient times capital punishment has been a punishment for crimes like murder. Stoning, crucifixion, and drowning were old ways of carrying the death penalty out. Theses days some countries (the majority of the U.S.A., Iraq and others) say that they use more ‘humane’ ways of carrying out the death penalty. Theses include the electric chair, lethal injection and hanging. The death penalty in the U.K. has been abolished now since 1969 (1999 for treason and arson on a naval base). The last two people to be executed in the U.K. were Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen who were hanged on Friday the 13 1964. In my opinion I think the death penalty is wrong and it should not be used for whatever the causes. What if someone was wrongly accused? Some people argue that the death penalty will bring a closure to the victim’s family. They will be able to get on with their lives. They would not have the worry that it could happen to another family and they would feel slightly pleased that they had suffered in this way, the way they made there lost one suffer. However other people believe that suffering can be made in different ways. They think it would be a better punishment if someone would die rotting in prison and they believe that the convict would not be getting the easy way out. I believe that it would bring a closure to the victim’s family but how would the family of the convict feel. Isn’t hypocritical to kill someone and say killing is wrong? How would you feel if it had been a spur of the moment action?
Many people believe that execution is cheaper for society than a life sentences. They think that it cost nothing for someone to be given the death penalty. They also believe that keeping someone in prison for a long amount of time
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. Since ancient times capital punishment has been a punishment for crimes like murder. Stoning, crucifixion, and drowning were old ways of carrying the death penalty out. Theses days some countries (the majority of the U.S.A., Iraq and others) say that they use more ‘humane’ ways of carrying out the death penalty. Theses include the electric chair, lethal injection and hanging. The death penalty in the U.K. has been abolished now since 1969 (1999 for treason and arson on a naval base). The last two people to be executed in the U.K. were Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen who were hanged on Friday the 13 1964. In my opinion I think the death penalty is wrong and it should not be used for whatever the causes. What if someone was wrongly accused? Some people argue that the death penalty will bring a closure to the victim’s family. They will be able to get on with their lives. They would not have the worry that it could happen to another family and they would feel slightly pleased that they had suffered in this way, the way they made there lost one suffer. However other people believe that suffering can be made in different ways. They think it would be a better punishment if someone would die rotting in prison and they believe that the convict would not be getting the easy way out. I believe that it would bring a closure to the victim’s family but how would the family of the convict feel. Isn’t hypocritical to kill someone and say killing is wrong? How would you feel if it had been a spur of the moment action?
Many people believe that execution is cheaper for society than a life sentences. They think that it cost nothing for someone to be given the death penalty. They also believe that keeping someone in prison for a long amount of time