Good news!

[Frog]

The only saddening part of the article was the realization he never killed Ian Huntley when he tried it. Its a crying shame that now he won't ever get another chance to finish what he started there.

He's totally fucked now - he might as well kill another one when he can as he's never getting out anyway. Hopefully he'll take another couple of them out...

[philipp]

Originally Posted by Frog

The only saddening part of the article was the realization he never killed Ian Huntley

Well, you know - as unpopular as it may be to mention this, Ian Huntley was not condemned to death.

Your location says 'in a pond' - surely that should read 'under a bridge'?

P.

[Frog]

Originally Posted by philipp

Well, you know - as unpopular as it may be to mention this, Ian Huntley was not condemned to death.

He wasn't, but he should have been. This guy nearly righted that wrong...

Thankfully practice makes perfect and he made a far better job of this latest one.

[philipp]

Originally Posted by Frog

He wasn't, but he should have been. This guy nearly righted that wrong...

Thankfully practice makes perfect and he made a far better job of this latest one.

One scumbag arbitrarily killing another is not justice. Personally I despise the death penalty, and am thankful that we are free of it in the U.K. However this is always going to be a contentious issue and it's been debated a million times before. "The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective" available from Amazon is a good if sobering read.

P.

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Originally Posted by philipp

I agree there's no place in society for people like that. But that's what prisons are for - to isolate them from society. We have made the choice not to kill them, and in fact we pay a fortune to the prisons service to carry out their duties. That one prisoner was able to murder another is an undeniable failure of the system.

I'm sure there are numerous people serving time for deplorable acts. But to say that it's somehow OK to permit them to murder each other is missing the point about what prison is for. As a country we have elected to use custodial sentences and not capital punishment - let alone the arbitrary taking of one prisoner's life by another.

P.

Who is this 'we'? I've never been given a choice over capital punishment, have you?

If we had that choice I think you'd find the law would change.

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Originally Posted by philipp

One scumbag arbitrarily killing another is not justice.
P.

The fact he is now deprived of life, is justice.

How can you justify his living after taking the life of an innocent for his own gratification.

Our species are not naturally a civilised one. That's why we have crimes such as these, and likewise they need to be met with similar force. Instead of pretending that a lifetime in prison is sufficient punishment for such a heinous crime.

[cm1975]

Just a thought, but if the death penalty was brought back would the dubious hero of this story not also be in line for the chair ... or would you just give him a handshake and tell him to run along?

I'm not sad to see that evil f*cker go, but as Philipp says, it should not be the decision on one man to kill another in this manner.

[BREWSTERS]

Originally Posted by cm1975

Just a thought, but if the death penalty was brought back would the dubious hero of this story not also be in line for the chair ... or would you just give him a handshake and tell him to run along?

Hatch would already be dead - no need for Fowkes to do it.