Knife/any murders. is it time for capital punishment for those found guilty

[darrsi]

Oh dear, a good old Death Penalty thread.

Ever heard the expression "Might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb"? That was from the time when you could be hanged for stealing a sheep.

Try looking up the history of The Bloody Code and realise that, despite all those crimes which could get you hanged, people *still* committed these crimes and, of course, innocent people were hanged due to miscarriages of justice, even those supposedly convicted "Beyond Resonable Doubt".

Then consider the Birmingham 6, Guildford 4 and similar cases where people were convicted because of bent Police, dodgy forensics etc...

So you can't stop people committing crimes, even by threatening them with death, and even when you convict someone, you might have the wrong person.

So, in answer to your question: No.

You're going back in time though.
These days you can't even blow your nose without being on CCTV, or with someone recording you on their phone, plus we have DNA science to aid us as well.
Obviously not always, but sometimes there will be outstanding evidence that the person is 100% guilty of the crime.
You'll still have the defence liars trying every trick in the book to get you off though, as that's what these shameless bastards do, even when they know you're guilty. And the more money or fame you have, the more chance you will have of getting a lesser sentence or being let off. That's just the way of the world unfortunately.