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Defined Terms
Baker's Dozen Problems
Articles & Reports - Bibliography
Petition
8.
People that have spoken in favour of Capital Punishment
A few
journalists in the UK have espoused the merits of re-introducing hanging of
vicious murderers which they contend would discourage others from murder
includes:
"The
main reason for the abolition of the death penalty
is the squeamishness of politicians, who enjoy office but do not like all
the duties which power loads on to their (often rather narrow) shoulders.
Far easier to them to leave the matter to some trembling constable with a
gun in a dark street, who can be disavowed if it all goes wrong later."
In
Nov 2018, ex-Tory minister, John Hayes, called for return of capital punishment amid
a bloody
crime wave. Hayes presented written parliamentary questions to the British
parliament asserting that capital punishment 'should be available to the
courts'.
Below is an
extract from journalist,
David Sergeant
article
It’s time to bring back the death penalty in the Australia Spectator - 15 Jan 2019:
"Rigorous
precautions can ensure incorrect execution is all but impossible, with the
death penalty available only in cases in which evidence is diverse and
overwhelming. The accused must be convicted by a unanimous jury of their
peers and their conviction open to repeated appeal.
"For the vast majority, capital punishment isn't motivated by lustful
revenge, but by a desire to protect the gentle and kind amongst us, punish
heinous criminals in just proportion to the severity of their crime, and
dramatically reaffirm objective moral truth."
"Whilst retribution is paramount,
the State is also responsible for the protection of its citizens, an
endeavour that is proving increasingly difficult. Nations that allow
dangerous murderers to live, create potential victims both inside and
outside of prison. Since the abolition of capital punishment in the West, numerous killers
have taken further life following their initial conviction for murder."
Queensland Federal MP,
George Christensen wanted
to see the death penalty introduced.
–The Courier Mail – 2013
Some point out that it is unfair that terrorists, torturers, and
paedophiles should live out their years behind bars with access to food, shelter,
and entertainment — all on the taxpayer's dime.
NSW
(then) Opposition Leader, Nick Greiner, in 1986 carried petitions signed by 10,000 western
suburbs citizens demanding the death penalty for the Cobby killers.
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