Peter Sutcliffe....now I've heard it all...

[Scully]

1 hour ago, udderlyoffroad said:

Indeed, surprising the amount of energy people expend getting worked up about this.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather he and others like him were executed, but I’ll settle for life imprisonment as long as it means life, as in never released. 

[London Best]

Not in cases like Sutcliffe’s, obviously, but many nasty minor crimes would reduce if corporal punishment were reintroduced. A good old fashioned public flogging would work wonders in many cases.

[figgy]

Have to agree, birch the back off them.

[Rim Fire]

11 hours ago, London Best said:

Not in cases like Sutcliffe’s, obviously, but many nasty minor crimes would reduce if corporal punishment were reintroduced. A good old fashioned public flogging would work wonders in many cases.

Not in America and  they got the death penalty what more do you need not to commit a crime but they still do 

[London Best]

1 hour ago, Rim Fire said:

Not in America and  they got the death penalty what more do you need not to commit a crime but they still do 

I was thinking of birching for crimes which do not merit the death penalty. Rioting, for one example. Birching would cure football hooligans with one dose, I reckon.

[bruno22rf]

Far too may bleeding hearts to bring back any form of corporal punishment - imagine the claims after being flogged.....Assault, ABH and then the recipiant would claim he could no longer work due to injuries, that's before the claims for mental issues brought on by the flogging. Hanging is no longer a viable method because of the costs involved - it is far cheaper to imprison someone for life if you add up the legal costs of  one appeal after another.

Edited November 24, 2020 by bruno22rf