Quote Originally Posted by jamescollister View Post
Not dealt with many victims I guess, closure for families etc is hard when the face of the criminal appears on TV and newspapers for years after the event.
When they are dead, no appeals, parole boards, no court appearances for crimes while in prison and you will never bump into the criminal on the street in years to come.
This is the usual bumf: As I have said before if you execute one criminal another will take his/her place. Consider this: they used to hang people for stealing horses. Why did they stop? Answer: it didn't stop people stealing horses.