http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/08/28/cerne-abbas-giant-oliver-cromwell-and-assisted-suicide/ News and debate from Gardenvisit.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/08/28/cerne-abbas-giant-oliver-cromwell-and-assisted-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 Tom Turner Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:06:31 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2209#comment-2043 Jeremy: I would be tempted to apply the same logic but (1) I do not have sufficient confidence in the criminal justice system and society most certainly should not hang innocent people (2) 'hanging' is a a medieval and barbaric practice, not appropriate to ending a life which has become tragic (3) a possible way round the dilemma would be to say 'society has found you guilty and thinks you deserve to die by a method of your choosing, but if you assert you are innocent, you can serve a life sentence instead' (4) or, since there are other considerations, the court could say 'but if you wish, you can serve a life sentence instead': I do not think they should have forced Ian Brady to live when he wanted to die Jeremy: I would be tempted to apply the same logic but (1) I do not have sufficient confidence in the criminal justice system and society most certainly should not hang innocent people (2) ‘hanging’ is a a medieval and barbaric practice, not appropriate to ending a life which has become tragic (3) a possible way round the dilemma would be to say ‘society has found you guilty and thinks you deserve to die by a method of your choosing, but if you assert you are innocent, you can serve a life sentence instead’ (4) or, since there are other considerations, the court could say ‘but if you wish, you can serve a life sentence instead’: I do not think they should have forced Ian Brady to live when he wanted to die

]]> http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/08/28/cerne-abbas-giant-oliver-cromwell-and-assisted-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-2038 Jeremy Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:47:36 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2209#comment-2038 And you would apply the same logic to hanging, I hope, public support for which has only recently dropped below 50%. And you would apply the same logic to hanging, I hope, public support for which has only recently dropped below 50%.

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