The British should implement the death penalty

[Sundae]

I'm with Dana - totally against the death penalty.
If the case involved someone I loved, yes of course I would want revenge. But justice isn't about revenge.

Killing more people does not bring those dead back.
And as Shawnee said it certainly does not act as a deterrant. We used to hang children for stealing - did it stop grown men murdering? No. What helped in the end was slum clearance, universal education and welfare reform.

Obviously the above does not apply in this case.
And I am not arguing that the murdered is anything but a despicable creature who deserves death. But state sanctioned killing is the thin end of the wedge.