Death Penalty , should this guy die ?

[Eric]

Originally Posted by steeljack

When did this become a debate about English law ? the original question was what do people think would be a suitable punishment for the person mentioned in the Florida case .





Maybe if folks want to discuss the merits of "English" legal system they should start a new thread saying how good they think it is when a thug walks away from Court after beating up a 95 yr old

Maybe the problem is in the original question. It is not possible to discuss what to do in a particular case of murder without wandering to the question of capital punishment in general. Altho' perhaps not intended, the invitation to wander is there. And intended or not, the move from the specific to the general cannot be unexpected.