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Brief History on Capital Punishment in the Uk
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from the creation of the state in 1707 until the practice was abolished in the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom, by hanging, took place in 1964, prior to capital punishment being abolished for murder (in 1969 in Great Britain and in 1973 in northern ireland.) Although not applied since, the death penalty remained on the statute book for certain other offences until 1998.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom


Public Support for Reintroducing Capital Punishment in the Uk
A November 2009 television survey showed that 70% favoured reinstating the death penalty for at least one of the following crimes: armed robbery, rape, crimes related to paedophilia, terrorism, adult murder, child murder, child rape, treason, child abuse, or kidnapping. However, respondents only favoured capital punishment for adult murder, the polling question asked by other organisations such as Gallup, by small majorities or pluralities: overall, 51% favoured the death penalty for adult murder, while 56% in Wales did, 55% in Scotland, and only 49% in England.
In August 2011, the Internet blogger Paul Stainces —who writes a political blog as Guido Fawkes and heads the Restore Justice Campaign—launched an e-petition on the Downing Street website calling for the restoration of the death penalty for those convicted of the murder of children and police officers. The petition was one of several in support or opposition of capital punishment to be published by the government with the launch of its e-petitions website. As of 12 August, an e-petition calling to retain the ban on capital punishment has received 20,000 votes, 17,000 more than the e-petition calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty. Petitions attracting 100,000 signatures would prompt a parliamentary debate on a particular topic, but not necessarily lead to any Parliamentary Bills being put forward. Also in August 2011, a representative survey conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion showed that 65% of Britons support reinstating the death penalty for murder in Great Britain, while 28% oppose this course of action. Men and respondents aged over 35 are more likely to endorse the change.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom


Last death sentences
Northern Ireland and in the United Kingdom: William Holden in 1973 in Northern Ireland, for the capital murder of a British soldier during the troubles. Holden was removed from the death cell in May 1973.


England: David Chapman, who was sentenced to hang in November 1965 for the murder of a swimming pool Night Watchmen in Scarborough. He was released from prison in 1979 and later died in a car accident.


Scotland: Patrick McCarron in 1964 for shooting his wife. He hanged himself in prison in 1970.


Wales: Edgar Black, who was reprieved on 6 November 1963. He had shot his wife's lover in Car


Right To Live
Everyone has an inalienable human right to life, even those who commit murder; sentencing a person to death and executing them violates that right.
This is very similar to the 'value of life' argument, but approached from the perspective of human rights.
The counter-argument is that a person can, by their actions, forfeit human rights, and that murderers forfeit their right to life.
Another example will make this clear - a person forfeits their right to life if they start a murderous attack and the only way the victim can save their own life is by killing the attacker.
The medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas made this point very clearly:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpunishment/against_1.shtml#section_6

Plan For Extended Project

The plan for my extended project is to research into whether capital punishment should be brought back to the uk. i want to base this project on my opinion and why i am for it, but i am also going to inlclude other poeples opinions on this matter. I want to show alot of evidence and reasoning for why it should be brought back so my project isnt just opinion and has meaning behind it. 

For my extended project i have chosen to do a dissertation, as a powerpoint or moving image (video) would be to brief and wouldnt be able to get my point across.