If the Death Penalty gets re-introduced, should we enforce it retrospectively so...

[dave s]

...we can walk into ...? the cell of Ian Huntley and go 'We have good news and bad news ......... the good news is you won't be in jail as long as you thought .... but there is some bad news ....'

 

[susan s]

Take a look at the disastrous death penalty system in the US- where murder rates are much higher.
Revenge and retribution are the only ends served by the death penalty.

 

[Christine H]

Are you and Old Dog going to put yourselves up for the executioner's jobs then?


Of course it would be a bit off putting to walk in with your merry quip on your tongue only to find he has been here on Answers all along!

 

[old know all]

The only crime for which we should reintroduce the death penalty is advocating the death penalty (oh sh*t!)

 

[Deighton]

that's very funny, I can imagine you being a prison officer actually, if you need a new career for life, a life sentence my friend called it.

The death penalty cannot be reintroduced in UK without breaking European laws that we signed up to. Effectively any death penalty in the UK would also need a change of European laws.

 

[Nemesis]

It's a tempting thought, given high profile killers like him otherwise cost more to board and protect than the fees at a top public school. Much good could be done spending the money on those in need but the Bleeding Heart Brigade will never allow the death penalty to be re-introduced, however heinous the crime.
I'm less than convinced being 'civilised' means being lenient towards calculating, cold-bloodied killers and indiscriminate, mass murderers. As regards your particular point - yes, if ever re-introduced, past cases should be reviewed and the penalty imposed where appropriate.
All sorts of bogus 'human rights' arguments are advanced on behalf of evildoers, with little or no regard to rights of victims and their relatives.
I'd be more than ready to give Huntley the good/bad news - AND the lethal injection.

 

[Pigafetta Bodean]

No. He has to carry on. He's been stabbed, had boiling water chucked in his face, and has had his throat slashed so far. I imagine his life is quite a challenge. Too many of these weirdos top themselves to avoid retribution. I'd like to see how they get on in the real world with no protection and no new identities etc. So NO to the death penalty. Tattoo NONCE on their forehead, broadcast their details on the telly and kick the buggers out of jail where we don't have to foot the bill for their well-being. Corbetts could put odds on how long they'll last. It'd be quite a sport!