The Death Penalty
Is it Barbaric? or Justice?
“…Guilty.”
“I must then sentence you with the only possibility, life imprisonment.”
How long must we suffer the agony of losing a loved one and losing the right for justice? Recently shadow Home Secretary David Davis said how he felt the death penalty was something which should be brought back. I cannot agree more as the notion of life meaning life is very rarely used and any judge would tell you it is now only in extreme cases that it is used.
I can think of the time it was last used and yes it was in an extreme case and it certainly deserved the death penalty. It was the case of Ian Huntley who was found guilty of a double murder. But it was a horrific and brutal cold blooded killing that earned him the highest possible sentence in the criminal justice system. It is believed that Huntley killed two innocent twelve year old girls (we all remember the heart rendering photograph showing the two girls in Man. Utd. jerseys which would take a tear from even the coldest stone.) in a brutal way burning their clothes and bodies without ever showing remorse. He then had the nerve to come onto T.V. and say how much of a tragedy the case was and how he wanted to see the return of the young girls. Many people claim that in this case justice was done. But how so? The families of the two young girls must forever live with the thought that their children suffered a brutal and horrific death. The fathers will now never see that ultimate dream of walking them up the aisle. Yet Mr. Huntley has the possibility to do all these things. Although the judge recommended life imprisonment that does not mean he will serve it. He may only be there for 10 years, quite insignificant when those families must live with never seeing their children again, while anyone can see Huntley.