11 Year Old Boy Shot Dead

They haven't charged anyone yet AFAIK; it'll be police bail - i.e. they can't leave the area and can be brought back in for questioning again.
 
Tragic situation.. condolences to the lad's family..

As for how to stop it, I personally don't believe bringing back capital punishment will do a damn thing to stop this sort of thing continuing..

It only seems logical to me to tackle the problem at its roots, which seem to be the culture of drugs and gangs (intertwined of course) that seem to pervade so many areas of cities in both the UK and Ireland.. easier said than done I know, but the whole thing is really largely up to the local authorities to step up and deal with the situation..

If you really think hanging the culprits is going to put an end to this you've got it the wrong way round in my opinion.. this problem must be tackled at its roots..
 
Originally posted by Merlin the Magician@Aug 23 2007, 09:04 PM
Well all you clever dicks what’s the answer??? I have put forward a suggestion on how to counteract this huge current problem ?? I see the same people have answered my thread again! With snide remarks or and a depth of cynicism....

Is there any fear of one of you three putting something constructive on here instead of waiting to try and take the pizz when someone post a thread in relation to the laws of this land, that are not obviously working at present,??????????

If a referendum was called I would vote for capital punishment to be re-introduced............
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Well capital punishment doesn't work either as there wouldn't be people on death row in the US at present, nor would we have ever hung anyone when it was still in force here.

The problem is, you can have as many punishments as you like, but if people don't think they will be caught, they don't think about what will happen to them.

I think you need to start from the bottom. Zero tolerence for any crimes. Take everyone to court if they are caught doing something, no more cautions.

Get the police out there actually catching criminals, give them something to fear.
 
George Bush has the answer

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001

Not sure what the context was, but I'm rather hoping it wasn't a speach to the NRA
 
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