On November 9, 1998, the death penalty was abolished on all crimes other than murder in the United Kingdom. Murder had already been disallowed from a capital punishment since 1965, and no executions in Great Britain had occurred since that time. But the new law formalized the anti-capital punishment stance.
The idea of reinstating capital punishment has been tried numerous times in England since then, but revelations of false convictions for murder since 1965 have helped put the kibosh on such plans.
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Is there no in depth-case to be made at all for putting guilty persons to death? And, are ALL who are found guilty of heinous crimes “possibly not guilty, maybe, just maybe not, and you can never be absolutely sure.” ? Does meaningful penitence go on in penitentiaries? What scientist came up with the idea?