The public opinion about capital punishment devides people in Britain nearly into two groups: those who 'for' and those who 'against'.
The first pro-hanging argument is the deterrence theory, which states that potential murderers would think twice before commiting a crime if they knew that they would be executed if they were caught.
Next is the idea of public security, which state that if there would be a death penalty, a convict would not be set free and not be able to go on to murder again.
What is more, if a murderer intentionally sets out to commit a crime, he should accept the consequences.
The fourth main pro-hanging argument is the most cold-blooded: it makes economic sense to hang convicted murderers rather, then have them in prison wasting taxpayers' money.
The arguments against the death penalty are largely humanitarian. The main argument against reintroducing capital punishment is that innocent people are sometimes wrongly convicted and, while people can be releast from prison, they cannot be brought back from the dead if they have been hanged.
The other reason to oppose the death penalty that the state has no more right to take a life than the individual, indeed, the state should set an example to the individual by not taking lives.
The first pro-hanging argument is the deterrence theory, which states that potential murderers would think twice before commiting a crime if they knew that they would be executed if they were caught.
Next is the idea of public security, which state that if there would be a death penalty, a convict would not be set free and not be able to go on to murder again.
What is more, if a murderer intentionally sets out to commit a crime, he should accept the consequences.
The fourth main pro-hanging argument is the most cold-blooded: it makes economic sense to hang convicted murderers rather, then have them in prison wasting taxpayers' money.
The arguments against the death penalty are largely humanitarian. The main argument against reintroducing capital punishment is that innocent people are sometimes wrongly convicted and, while people can be releast from prison, they cannot be brought back from the dead if they have been hanged.
The other reason to oppose the death penalty that the state has no more right to take a life than the individual, indeed, the state should set an example to the individual by not taking lives.
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