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The Yorkshire Ripper question?

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PassingStranger · 22/10/2024 13:42

Just read that it cost the taxpayer 11 billion to keep him alive including his funeral?
Do you still feel the same way about him being hung for his murders?

is it acceptable to the taxpayer to pay that much, when there are so many other things that the money could have been spent on, or dosent the money matter?

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BIWI · 23/10/2024 18:46

Still waiting for your definition of luxury @Getonwitit Hmm

anon666 · 23/10/2024 18:44

It can't be £11 billion

skyscrapersinging · 23/10/2024 18:43

PassingStranger · 22/10/2024 13:44

yes. Amazing isnt it!

Yes. Amazing how you’ve misread it and multiplied by power of ten and then thought fit to continue spreading this information. £11 million ≠ £11 billion.

BlusteryLake · 23/10/2024 18:42

The death penalty is not without cost though. The cost doesn't end the moment they receive the sentence.

FarmGirl78 · 23/10/2024 18:41

Waterboatlass · 23/10/2024 12:43

Sorry, I don't understand the conclusion of this? The number of people executed after a (proven) wrongful conviction is lower than the number of murderers with previous for murder? What's the connection?

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Not quite. The number of people killed due to a wrong conviction is lower than the number of people subsequently murdered by released murderers. Some don't just go on to kill again, but go on to kill more than one. There's more innocent people killed as a result of NOT having the death penalty. Its a very simple way of looking at it, but the numbers of families hurting and heartbroken, the level of hurt and unjustness in society is higher WITHOUT the death penalty.

I don't know what the answer is, it's a very difficult subject.

Trishthedish · 23/10/2024 18:38

GalacticTowelMaster · 22/10/2024 13:50

I heard it was eleventy billion

Gill Sims and Judgy would be proud of you 😂😂😂

WhatsInTheRug · 23/10/2024 18:37

Come on....who is coming to work on death row? U.K. style and U.K. resources

Anyone??

What could possibly go wrong?

SweetGenie · 23/10/2024 18:37

@PassingStranger
You do know how much a million differs from a billion don't you?
A million seconds = 12 days
A billion seconds = 30 years

Silverbook · 23/10/2024 18:37

PassingStranger · 22/10/2024 14:13

I have answered I said I could not care less if he had been hung ok.

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What if he had been hung not ok?

Silverbook · 23/10/2024 18:36

FeelTheRush · 22/10/2024 13:54

Lol at 11 billion!!!! 😂

That math is not mathing

😂😂

WhatsInTheRug · 23/10/2024 18:35

All those saying he should get the death sentence...

Hmm.... you will come deliver his regime then whilst awaiting it?? As well as all the others you will put on 'death row'?

You'd be happy to unlock the door ( yes,you, probably alone or with a newbie) take him where he needs to go...showers,legal meeting etc??

You would do that? With a man with zero hope left?

MoonWoman69 · 23/10/2024 18:32

theemptinessmachine · 22/10/2024 14:51

Well at least he didn't have to worry about losing his pension hearing allowance.
Photo says it all. Too many do gooders. In a clear case like this they should get the death sentence.

Agreed!

LindaMo2 · 23/10/2024 18:27

The problem with the death penalty is so many oppose it. In other countries it has been seen that If enough people who oppose it are on a the jury there will be an unwillingness to convict. Resulting in truly evil individuals being free to roam the streets, as under our system someone is either guilty or not guilty. Not guilty means innocent and he must be released.

AliAtHome · 23/10/2024 18:25

“Yorkshire Ripper cost taxpayers £11m - but victim's families didn't get a penny”

Interesting headline. The £11m was spent giving the families (and victims) justice. It wasn’t a gift to Sutcliffe. Surely that’s quite a powerful perspective that we, as a society, felt the investment in justice for them is worth it. I do.

Running a barbaric (IMO) capital punishment system isn’t free and a prison system would still exist and need to be funded.

Tink3rbell30 · 23/10/2024 18:25

Should be an eye for an eye. In cases where it's 100% who committed the murders.

Snakebite61 · 23/10/2024 18:18

PassingStranger · 22/10/2024 13:42

Just read that it cost the taxpayer 11 billion to keep him alive including his funeral?
Do you still feel the same way about him being hung for his murders?

is it acceptable to the taxpayer to pay that much, when there are so many other things that the money could have been spent on, or dosent the money matter?

11 billion?!?! I don't believe that. Source?

Rosscameasdoody · 23/10/2024 18:08

x2boys · 23/10/2024 17:16

What if it was you or your loved one wrongly convicted?

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What if it were you or your loved one who became a victim of a released murderer ? If we don’t have a death penalty then life should mean life.

Sharptonguedwoman · 23/10/2024 17:55

PassingStranger · 22/10/2024 13:42

Just read that it cost the taxpayer 11 billion to keep him alive including his funeral?
Do you still feel the same way about him being hung for his murders?

is it acceptable to the taxpayer to pay that much, when there are so many other things that the money could have been spent on, or dosent the money matter?

Where was the data from?

Ilovetravelling · 23/10/2024 17:55

PassingStranger · 22/10/2024 13:59

yes i couldnt have given a shit if hed been hung.

Neither would I.

Sharptonguedwoman · 23/10/2024 17:54

Zenmorning · 22/10/2024 13:46

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1360087/yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-taxpayers-money

11 million

and yes, totally worth it not to have the death penalty

According to They Work for You, it costs about £51 000 per bod per year. So 32 yrs £ 1, 632 000 give or take. I wonder where the Daily Fail got the data from?

WhatsInTheRug · 23/10/2024 17:24

@OonaStubbs

Myself and many many colleagues would leave the prison service in a heartbeat if death penalty was brought in

Then what??

Tickledpinkk · 23/10/2024 17:20

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x2boys · 23/10/2024 17:16

OonaStubbs · 23/10/2024 17:13

Yes, because it would save the lives of innocent people who are currently killed and terrorized by released criminals.

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What if it was you or your loved one wrongly convicted?

OonaStubbs · 23/10/2024 17:13

GoldenPheasant · 23/10/2024 08:41

Would you be happy about killing innocent people? Because that is what would inevitably happen.

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Yes, because it would save the lives of innocent people who are currently killed and terrorized by released criminals.

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