pslewis

Hanging a Drug Smuggler ........... and the world is in uproar.

I think it's about time that the pansie west started getting tough!!!

Remove scum from life .... we do not want them, we don't need them and we don't want to pay for their playstation filled days in warm prisons!!

I think you have it just about right Singapore .... ignore the nonsense from the goody, goody 2 shoes!!

Pete

paul-s

I just saw this on the news, TBH im surprised about the uproar.

And also this morning with the 1000th american exectuted there were people calling for capital punishment to be stopped. I mean ffs this guy is a murderer, what justification is there to stop this form of penalty

pslewis

I suppose if you kill the wrong person ................

But, if there is no question ........ kill them!

Pete

Shonen

Good on Singapore. I mean it is not as if he "accidentally" became a drug smuggler, he chose to be one

unclebuck

Wasn't a very large amount either. Crims in this country traffic tons and tons of the stuff and only get very light sentances if caught.

sti-04!!

Was the guy guilty though ??

Did he get caught in possession ??

pslewis

YES ... he said he was doing it to help his brother!!

Pete

paul-s

They caught him with 20 ounces of Heroin I think or something like that

sti-04!!

That i agree with then. Heroin brings only misery & death

PG

He knew where he was going, the laws they have and the consequences. He was caught in posession so it's a fair cop guv' !

Dracoro

What if it turns out that he was fitted up? 20 ounces could easily be placed on someone.

If you leave them to rot in jail and it turns out they are innocent then let them out, compensate them etc. If you've already killed them then YOU as the citizen and member of the state are guilty of murder. It's no co-incidence that nearly every civilised country doesn't have capital punishment. Even many/most of the US states don't have it.

Reality

In the case of the two racist scum from Liverpool that's a chance I'm willing to take. And for the two little (now big) ***** who killed Jamie Bulger !

If in doubt - Jail

If no doubt - death to the scum.

paul-s

i agree with this idea but the only thing is in a court they cant say 'well were not sure so were going to send you to jail !

OllyK

PSL you do realise it was your hero that signed away the death penalty for treason, the last thing you could be executed for. He also has some moral issue about extradition where the person could face the death penalty.

Dracoro

Thing is "if in doubt" then they wouldn't be convicted. Everyone jailed for murder has been convicted "in no doubt" but clearly things go wrong. Who will decide where there is no doubt? Do you trust the courts, the politicians, the police that much?

If you are "willing to take the risk", will you put yourself up for execution if there's a wrong conviction down the line?

Of course, in principle, I'm all up for murdering scum to be executed but I don't trust anyone to get it right and make the decisions. We are a civilised nation and civilised people don't kill people however much we hate them.

Reality

That's pretty much what they do now. Some people who murder get 15 years and some get 40. I've no problem with changing the life sentence tariff to 15 - Death.

But we'll never do that because killing murdering scum infringes on their human rights - we'd have to leave Europe first.

Brendan Hughes

Except in Iraq

Reality

Or Brazillians running for trains

Brendan Hughes

:trying to keep dignified and sombre expression:

Reality

Its interesting the number of people not willing to allow the courts / judges to pass the death sentence but the Police can execute who they like on the streets and we keep voting Blair back in.

Not just Menezes - there was the Scottish guy shot for brandising a table leg and the ensuing cover up !

I'm sure we'll hear from the current cover up how the brazillian looked like he was carrying a bomb up his **** !

Senior_AP

Time to vote Tory then young man.

unclebuck

Godd ol' lewis. Ever the hypocrite.

Judging by his current treasonous activities I can see why Blair would want it abolished.

OllyK

Oh - 'ello, wb to NSR

Reality

'hat's 'hit 'll 'he 'postropes 'n 'ere ?

OllyK

If you don't use them, and omit letters, some people get arsey

Reality

unts

Senior_AP

Won't be a regular visitor though had to say something.

Rob D

Well the bloke must be blind because it clearly states at the bottom of Singapore's immigration form in big bold red letters "DEATH TO ALL DRUG TRAFFICKERS"

Not as if he didn't know the risks, got what he deserved IMO!

David Lock

There was a secondary fuss about hanging being the executing method. I suppose death by injection or even firing squad might me more humane........

I seem to recall a big palava some years back when a Brit was given a good number of lashes for a relatively (in our terms) minor offence.

KiwiGTI

I think the main fuss was about the fact that there was a mandatory death sentence and that in this case there were several mitigating circumstances.

I don't think in this case the punishment fitted the crime, it was excessive, but the law in Singapore meant that there was no flexibility in the sentencing.

Hanging isn't overly inhumane, done properly it is instantaneous (not the death but the unconsciousness) and the body is left intact so can be used for organ donations (not the case for lethal injections)

It's easy to see where Britain goes wrong when those racist axe murderers and the ones that killed the police woman don't face the death penalty.