Best argument against the death penalty

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Moors murderer Ian Brady: Right to die legal bid starts today as serial killer wants to starve to death

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/moors-murderer-ian-brady-right-1957423

Interesting case.
Without laying any doubt that he was a sadistic psychopath who deserves no sympathy or rights whatever, I'm not sure what the best way forward would be.
Would it be better to feed him this ice cold liquid (which he says is painful) every day for what remains of his existence and make him suffer as he made his victims suffer? This would also deny him what he wants.

On the other hand he's costing money that would be better spent elsewhere. So it could be argued that being thrown in a cell and left to starve would be a better use of money.

Sadly if he'd been convicted two years earlier we may not be even having this conversation. Because they would hopefully have both been hung.

I really hate myself for thinking this but I do.
It give me immense satisfaction that he is kept alive in this way. It is a far worse punishment then the death penalty.

In my saner brain I think justice should always trump vengeance and so disagree with the death penalty or prolonged torture.

Don't care, but don't give him any more publicity.

While he is alive there is at least some possibility (however slim) that he might give up the information about where they buried Keith Bennet's body. Am I right in thinking that Myra Hindley did at least try to help with that, when she was hoping for parole? If it was me, I'd probably do a deal and let him die once the body is found, give him some incentive to locate it.

Right. So he didn't like prison so convinced the authorities he needed a psychiatric institution.

Then he wants to go on hunger strike to manipulate people and get attention but can't due to the manipulation he did to get into Ashworth, so he tries to get put back into prison?

Best thing they can do is keep him in Ashworth. Don't give him the satisfaction of further manipulation.

Normally I'm all about justice trumping vengeance, but in this case, no.

We were at a comedy night at the weekend and they tried to make a joke about the moors murders, silence reigned. We're still not ready to joke about it here, what the evil scumbag did still scars and haunts this community and whilst he's alive and Keith Bennett's body remains missing the legacy of what that evil pair did will not rest.

Keep him alive, he's a manipulative bastard who doesn't deserve to have his "human" rights taken into account. To have human rights you have to be human.

Ian brady should be kept alive as long a possible. It is only right that he suffers as the children who were murdered and their families have suffered. Sadly I doult the man shows any remorse whatsoever.

Keeping a person from straving to death is not prolonged torture. Lots of anorexics are kept alive across the UK against their will and Ian Brady is no different. He is sectioned under the mental health act and Ashworth have made the decision that he is incapable of making the decision to end his own life.