tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1012733669944370222..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: My views on a whole range of topics regularly change depending on what mode I’m in - don't yours?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-46888940789343012962012-11-17T15:24:17.263+00:002012-11-17T15:24:17.263+00:00I've never been opposed to capital punishment,...I've never been opposed to capital punishment, but I occasionally have doubts - and then I hear about some psychopathic child murderer petitioning the European authorities to be allowed access to a jacuzzi and a sunbed in prison, or I see a photograph such as the one featuring the Yorkshire Ripper meeting "stars" of TV and the boxing ring, and those doubts evaporate. I almost included capital punishment in my list, but I will always believe that those who commit certain acts forfeit the right to breathe.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-36250292173469190282012-11-16T00:02:05.442+00:002012-11-16T00:02:05.442+00:00In the order in which you pose the questions, No. ...In the order in which you pose the questions, No. Yes, I suspect so.<br /><br />Capital punishment is another one. Most of the time I still believe it is wrong for the state to take a life and not just because they will end up topping the odd innocent person every now and then. At the same time, abolitionists can hardly have imagined that those who would have been hanged under the 1957 Homicide Act or earlier legislation would these days be eligible for parole after serving half the tariff recommended by a judge as to what " life" should mean in the circumstances. That seems a betrayal to me and when I think of it, I come over all Albert Pierrepoint.<br /><br />And for the vast majority of murderers that flit across the pages of the Telegraph, I find myself thinking that actually there's absolutely no hope of rehabilitating them and wouldn't we be better off in every sense if they no longer existed. I find it difficult to reconcile these conflicting views into a settled position.<br /><br />Good post, Mr Gronmark.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com