If only the judge would tell them that they'll not know in advance, they can sit in prison with the certainty they'll never be executed.
Give it a few more years, and May will take the UK out of the CoE as well and reintroduce the death penalty, so the UK can join those illustrious ranks.
But according to Amnesty's 2017 fact sheet, the USA was the only country in the Americas that actually practiced it that year.
Hanging, with a trapdoor, IMHO is a more swift and more fail-safe way to execute someone than with a mix of drugs concocted by amateurs, without input from an MD on their efficacy, because the ones that have proven efficacy are not available, as is the case now in the majority of US states practicing executions.
Agreed. I'm against the death penalty, but this is the opposite of the posterboy case to argue that.
If only the judge would tell them that they'll not know in advance, they can sit in prison with the certainty they'll never be executed.
I did indeed link the wrong page and I had corrected it before I read your post. And you're right about your addition.
Give it a few more years, and May will take the UK out of the CoE as well and reintroduce the death penalty, so the UK can join those illustrious ranks.
But according to Amnesty's 2017 fact sheet, the USA was the only country in the Americas that actually practiced it that year.
I was a bit surprised to read this news now, as it's been 23 years ago that the subway attack happened. I'm confused about the subsequent timeline. Were the perpetrators caught in the immediate aftermath of the attack or were they first at large for several years?
I was aware some of the Caribbean countries still do, since some appeals have made it to the Supreme Court in the UK, which is the ultimate court of appeal for a number of Commonwealth countries - https://www.legalcheek.com/2017/02/uk-supreme-court-justices-are-hearing-death-penalty-cases/
As ddt says, when done properly, the long drop is pretty quick and efficient. Not the same as the hanging you see in cowboy or pirate movies; it was over in less than 20 seconds from the prisoner leaving the condemned cell.
An important distinction; an overly long drop is......messy.
If only the judge would tell them that they'll not know in advance, they can sit in prison with the certainty they'll never be executed.
Give it a few more years, and May will take the UK out of the CoE as well and reintroduce the death penalty, so the UK can join those illustrious ranks.
Yes, that's very civilised.
Civilization is a social construct. So are crime and punishment.
No, CoE = Council of Europe, an organization of 47 European states, which is the author of the ECHR (European Convention of Human Rights) and runs the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights). The CoE disapproves of the death penalty, and the ECHR would rule against such a verdict within a minute.
No, I meant to say "That's not very civilised". While it is true that I also find the idea personally offensive, that was not what I was trying to say.
