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hermes2007
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« on: October 21, 2008, 09:32:29 »
Lots of discussion in the media today about hanging because the diaries of Harry Allen, who oversaw dozens of executions between 1941 and 1964 are coming up for sale:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3229009/Britains-last-hangman-kept-diaries-of-death.html

I used to be really against hanging but have changed my mind over the years. As long as we can be 1000% sure they did it I now think some people just deserve to die when the murder they commit is pre-meditated.

Any thoughts ?
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 09:41:14 »
The thing is the sentence is given against the crime, not how sure you are that someone did it.  Therefore the likelihood that you will execute an innocent man/woman remains.
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