I would love to address your first point Sky High, but alas that would leave me and the webb site open I would fancy to potential legal action.

You are correct that I have somewhat diverted from the main theme, so let me just say this.

Two wrongs don’t make a right. I cannot see how it can be right for any civilised society to use the death penalty.

Secondly, there are countless cases of innocent people being found guilty. A death penalty would result in the deaths of innocent people.

I have no faith in the UK legal system, I think it is open to corruption and is restricted only to those people who can afford it.

Never ever trust a jury. I have been on one and the other people on it freightened me. All they were interested in was getting home, down the pub etc and were not interested at all in the arguments/evidence in question.

Fair point, Waco.

As for the rest you and I are in complete agreement. You have experienced the realities of jury service, as have I and I have also had personal experience of miscarriage of justice.

Not only do I find the “ultimate sanction” morally insupportable but the risks of error all the way through the judicial process are too great.