05 Oct 11 Death Penalty: For Or Against?
When I read about cases such as Troy Davis, who was recently executed for murder, in Georgia, even though it appeared that the jurors were threatened, that someone else had confessed to the murder, and the evidence wasn’t concrete, I find myself asking how I feel about capital punishment.
Then a few days later, I read about how David Simmonds, brutally murdered Jia Ashton. Simmonds, at 6ft 2in and 19 stone, was more than three times the weight of his victim who was 4ft 11in and weighed six-and-a-half stone. Then I find myself asking why we don’t still have the death penalty in the UK, as a sub-human vermin such as Simmonds deserves no less than execution. I truly hope he is viciously beaten or murdered in jail.
Read more on Jia Ashton’s murder here
Tags: ashton, capital punishment, death penalty, execution, jurors, three times, troy davis, vermin
07 Nov 07 This Green And Pleasant Land?
A father and son have been convicted of killing a 21-year-old man in a McDonald’s restaurant.
Richard Moore died after suffering a blow to the neck in the restaurant in Hay Hill, Norwich, on 21 March.
Gerard Stonehouse, 48, and his son Jonathan Stonehouse, 18, had both denied manslaughter during a trial at Norwich Crown Court.
The pair, of Woodcock Road, Norwich, were convicted by jurors following three hours of deliberations.
They have both been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a date to be fixed later this month.
A rope around the neck would be appropriate.
Tags: father and son, hay hill, jurors, manslaughter, mcdonald, norwich crown court, remanded, son jonathan, stonehouse, suffering, woodcock
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