tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post241832534985687664..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: The Death Penaltyprisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-12091973237848132802009-12-11T23:20:05.849+00:002009-12-11T23:20:05.849+00:00The words and feelings you put in this article, Be...The words and feelings you put in this article, Ben! Reading it, I felt like a thief in the night, stealing a boys prayer to his Divine Father. These words came from your Divine Soul, Ben. I would not want to contaminate them with my thoughts.<br /><br />All of the religious leaders, who ever lived, are not really worthy of setting their eyes on your words and commenting. Let them hold their tongues, be silent, I say!Normannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-17566913242764262412009-12-07T19:36:16.881+00:002009-12-07T19:36:16.881+00:00Gaina - Thanks for that. Familiar with sample size...Gaina - Thanks for that. Familiar with sample size and skewing;) Just made me see the possible topicality.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146691975088583097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-68316535445294261542009-12-07T15:39:12.117+00:002009-12-07T15:39:12.117+00:00Babs G . Take those polls with a massive pinch of...<b>Babs G </b>. Take those polls with a massive pinch of salt. They could have questioned 10 people in the office in leu of actually doing any meaningful research (tabloid journalists are fond of that method too!) and also they could have taken a sample of people of a certain demographic who they were pretty sure would give the answer they were looking for to make the program seem 'edgy'.<br /><br />Since studying research methods in Psychology I'm always <i>very</i> wary of statistics because they are so dependent on a number of factors - not least who paid for the research.Gainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08495953058626656188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-12874680727191441742009-12-07T00:11:01.521+00:002009-12-07T00:11:01.521+00:00I can't believe that anyone how supports the d...I can't believe that anyone how supports the death penalty as a default position has thought it through at all. I hope that people affected by someone's death at the hands of another are given the time to draw the same conclusions as Word(above) and Ben, which they maybe wouldn't be if we brought it back. Watched an interesting documentary by Michael Portillo (yeah, I know!) earlier this year which suggested the overriding motivation for the death penalty in the US was judicial revenge. Groups like Murder Victim's Families for Human Rights give some hope on this front. I have to say I was initially intrigued by this post as I thought there could be no chance of a reintroduction. Until I saw the C4 poll which states that 70% of poll respondents thought the death penalty should be available as a maximum penalty for some very serious crimes. I am obviously *way* out of touch :(Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146691975088583097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-74526726795686989522009-12-06T20:44:03.969+00:002009-12-06T20:44:03.969+00:00Indeed, the whole idea of capital punishment is hy...Indeed, the whole idea of capital punishment is hypocritical.syncopated eyeballhttp://syncopatedeyeball.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-41484871874914072452009-12-06T12:18:00.622+00:002009-12-06T12:18:00.622+00:00ABSOLUTELY!!! My brither was murdered too and I ha...ABSOLUTELY!!! My brither was murdered too and I have no desire to put his killer's family through the trauma of losing aloved one. One was enough!wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812866484836852112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-44714823890086213462009-12-05T15:12:57.797+00:002009-12-05T15:12:57.797+00:00I could not have put it better, Ben. My sentiment...I could not have put it better, Ben. My sentiments exactly.<br /><br />Please correct me if I am wrong, but I suspect that maybe because you also know the weight one carries having taken a human life, you understand her killer in a way nobody else could?Gainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08495953058626656188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-30329617147247635992009-12-05T11:26:06.689+00:002009-12-05T11:26:06.689+00:00Couldn't agree more Ben, and don't forget,...Couldn't agree more Ben, and don't forget, some people have better lawyers than others. The Tonbridge Robbery (securitas £53m) all had legal aid, yet one of them (Fowler) had a private legal team, so if you commited the same crime, and you could afford Mr Loophole, rather than the duty solicitor, you should be ok, all very unfair. <br /><br />But have you not thought the meat on your plate is no more than a murder victim too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com