Dalai Lama calls for abolition of death penalty

last SG · 2005-04-18T16:46:09+00:00

Different story in Scandinavian countries. Their crime rate is lower than ours. Anyway, some people have been cleared of all charges after 30 years due to ad...

iveco SG

In that case, people convicted of petty offences can do a certain amount of community service instead. Let the jails be reserved for more dangerous offenders.

I have an idea. Let those serving long sentences take over the Banglas who work on the construction sites.

pikamaster SG

and how many convicts do not kill again after their release? Rolling Eyes WHen examining data, we msut always be objective.

pikamaster SG

When you have pure politics, you have a Neo-nazi state or a New Soviet Union.

We should neither have pure relgiion or pure politics, but a mixture of both to ensure both check each other. We should neither have theocracy or communalism.

cornyfish2000 SG

hmmm.. u do have a point here. Looking from the perspective of the taxpayer, it is really unfair to pay tens of thousands for the food and lodgings of hardcore criminals who have done nothing but harm to society.

iveco SG

If you folks know about Schappelle Corby, here are some articles on her. Do you think she is guilty of drug charges? I leave it up to you to decide.

dragg SG

we can depend on data for a lot of things in life but not this.

different punishments are meted out for different offences. why commit those offences when he already knows that a death sentence is waiting for him if caught. he has himself to blame.

iveco SG

Not all those who kill are cold-blooded killers. A woman who kills her abusive husband while being beaten by him deserves to be pitied.

dragg SG

is this a true case or just an example?

anyway she has mitigating factor so there is no death sentence for this case

dragg SG

this is an australian case!!!

iveco SG

And the woman in the dock was a victim of a corrupt system back home. If she faces the firing squad, whatever evidence that clears her involvement unearthed 30 years from now will be of no use. The abolition of capital punishment should be made a universal obligation of ALL members of the UN.

skyline63 SG

Even USA got death lah ! What you expect all UN to do it for what ? Then you should ask USA TO PUT THE GREATEST EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD !

lwflee SG

The problem with the dealth penalty is that the criminal justice system is not good enough to be 100% correct. You can’t un-hang someone can you?

cornyfish2000 SG

Yes, that was precisely the reason why the UK abolished the death penalty in the 70s... after a spate of miscarriages of justice was unearthed in which people were wrongly convicted and hanged.

suntze SG

originally posted by cornyfish

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Originally posted by lwflee:
The problem with the dealth penalty is that the criminal justice system is not good enough to be 100% correct. You can't un-hang someone can you?
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Yes, that was precisely the reason why the UK abolished the death penalty in the 70s... after a spate of miscarriages of justice was unearthed in which people were wrongly convicted and hanged.

This must be the most cogent argument against capital punishment.

The strongest argument for capital punishment is that it serves as deterrence against similar offences. Whilst I hate to see ppl suffering due to miscarriage of justice, I'd sure hate it when criminal elements are encouraged to commit robbery, violence, drug peddling, etc and create more misery due to leniency on serious crime.

However, without seeing any reseach on the effectiveness of capital punishment in deterring serious crime, I admit to being somewhat ambivalent on the issue.

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