Capital Punishment In The UK

  It is clear from the statistics shown in figure 1 that the crime rate has increased dramatically since the abolition of the death penalty. As shown in the graph there was a decrease in crime and it then increases again at a very steady rate suggesting deterrent methods have become weak, and, or, crime is becoming more common in general. The graph is based on American statistics but it is clear that this represents the crime which is taking place in Britain. The protection of society is the key aspect of capital punishment, and the statistics show that an increase of crime would suggest that the more crime that took place would show the more society would become at risk.

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        If capital punishment was to be brought back it would save the tax payers money. The table shown in figure two shows there is an increase suggesting there will be a rise in taxes so the country can house these criminals. In October 2001 the latest figure that had been published was 67,465 inmates. This represents an increase of over 400 since the end of August 2000. If this increase continues there would have to be more prisons built to house the prisoners, this means more of tax payers money going towards paying for the housing of criminals, but also ...

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