Excellent post Geoffrey.
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Originally Posted by Geoffrey Collier
We should also bear in mind that in the late 18c and early 19c. two hundred offences carried the death penalty;
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Had to keep society safe from those Egyptian impersonators!
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we flogged them, transported them and treated them harshly, but we still had a considerable criminal population.
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Which is one reason why I don't think the DP is effective
as a deterrent.
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When Thatcher came to power the restoration of capital punishment was high on the agenda. Despite two attempts to have it restored, MPs' rejected it overwhelmingly. Why?
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Danger of mistake? Most Western politicians don't want blood on their hands?
While I believe that execution is an acceptable punishment (banishment!) in principle, the principle is worlds apart from actually doing it.