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Originally Posted by SweetCharmer
unfourtunatly that wouldn't solve anything. having a death penalty would be the worst thing for britain. we got rid of it for a reason. giving people the death penalty only perpetuates the problem because even if the one that killed a loved one or in this case a transgender people is sentanced for death 1. it wouldn't bring the victims back and 2. even when the murderer is killed you'd still hve that feeling of hate and carry around this grudge and loathing. the reason why we got rid of the death penalty in britain was because it doesn't get us anywhere.
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Not trying to be mean but damn, that's a horribly stupid excuse for not having the death penalty. I would have accepted "everyone has the right to life" as a better reason. But LOL, you chose "because it doesn't make the suffering go away". In America, we kill the worst of the worst, 1) To get rid of these horrible people who have committed astrocities 2) our tax dollars aren't funding their life imprisonment, why keep these scum alive? Just kill them, save money, save time. But the UK apparently doesn't even have life imprisonment much less the death penalty (ie: Lockerbie Bomber). I guess in England you can blow up a 747 and get out in a couple years. Nice country you have there. Imagine the U.S. having laws like that. Crime would be so rampant and out of control, especially hate crimes, gang crimes, gun crimes and terrorism that the country would degrade into a civil war. The death penalty and strict punishment keeps criminals in line. If anything we need to make punishments stricter.