Alistair Gunn wrote
In uk.railway Pyromancer twisted the electrons to say:
Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Tim Fenton
We don't execute.
That's the problem. We let them out to re-offend, again and again, and
each time some other innocent victim's life is ruined, often forever.

You don't need the death penalty in order to prevent reoffending. You
just need a society that is prepared to lock people up such that they
either come out of prison in a box or not at all ...

I noted that the case of a prisoner who was given 30 years
for the murder of 3 police men reared its head on the BBC website
yesterday.
The event happened in 1966 he is still in prison and a review is
supposed
to have taken place some time back but not completed - secret reports
about the person are on file.
His legal eagles argue from a human violation of whatever stand.
--
dave hill