Courts must be given backbone
Two police officers killed, yet still the Government dithers like spineless jellyfish in returning the death penalty for such crimes.
No doubt this issue will be moved around, then forgotten, which will please the anti-penalty critics.
When is this country going to get on its feet and make criminals really pay for crimes they commit?
And when will a sentence for three years or whatever mean just that, instead of the offender being let off after serving a few months only?
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Also, if they cause a problem while serving the sentence, bring them back before the courts and increase the sentence.
Let's get some backbone into our courts. I reckon 75 per cent of the offenders must walk out of the courts laughing at the sentences they have been given.
D Ward, Anstey.
Whenever the television news comes on, or you read a daily newspaper, they are reporting a murder.
It is about time the politicians got their act together and made an effort to bring back the death penalty.
Never mind the do-gooders, the religious leaders and the EU courts.
All this baloney regarding the perpetrator's rights – what about the victim's rights? Don't they count anymore?
We now have DNA forensics which are more than 99.9 per cent foolproof. We have calls for referendums for this and that – what about one for the death penalty to be reinstated for all types of murder, whether it be police or the public.
I am sure I know how the majority of the victims' families would vote, even if it is to get some sort of closure after a time.
Terry & Janet Herbert, Leicester.
The Burleys Way flyover was closed on Sunday, and queues built up on all four of the approaches to the roundabout beneath it.
The same thing will happen if the one on Belgrave Road is removed, the purpose for which it was built having been to relieve congestion at the junction with Dysart Way and Abbey Park Road
Roy Tilley, Braunstone Town.
Comments
by Oh_come_on
Monday, September 24 2012, 7:34PM
“nicely put graydjames. I am totally against the death penalty. It does not work as a detterant as shown in the countries which still practice it. If as a civilised society we say killing is wrong then state sanctioned killing is also wrong, we must lead by example.
As for DNA evidence please do a little research, it is not over 99.9% foolproof at all.”
by graydjames
Monday, September 24 2012, 6:46PM
“"Two police officers killed, yet still the Government dithers like spineless jellyfish in returning the death penalty for such crimes."
I see no dithering; just a determination not to consider bringing back a penalty that answers a lust for revenge only and achieves absolutely nothing in terms of a deterrent. The evidence for this is absolutely overwhelming.
Robert Badinter who lead France to abolition of the death penalty in 1981 wrote that the experience of all the abolitionist countries was that there was no increase in murders or serious crime. He wrote: Do you really think that in those abolitionist democracies, where the leaders are subject to universal suffrage, they would not have been forced, under pressure of public opinion, to restore the death penalty if abolition had led to an increase in the rate of murders. This has not happened in any western democracy.”
by 4_Stroke
Monday, September 24 2012, 11:43AM
“No need to worry about re-offending, or rehabilitation for that matter. The problem in this country is that the vast majority of the most heinous criminals end up free at some stage, no matter how serious their offence. We have to consider that it is possible to commit a crime so horrendous that by your actions you forfeit your "human rights" as defined by the UN.”
by LikeItaLot
Monday, September 24 2012, 11:37AM
“"And when will a sentence for three years or whatever mean just that, instead of the offender being let off after serving a few months only?"
Total rubbish, you do not know anything about sentencing if you think someone serves less than fifty percent. It is half before parole is even considered.
"Also, if they cause a problem while serving the sentence, bring them back before the courts and increase the sentence."
They often do already.”
by karinfall1955
Monday, September 24 2012, 11:02AM
“I am not convinced that the death penalty would necessarily act as a deterrent but it would sure as hell stop them from re-offending.”