Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
A lot of people think paediatricians should be tortured to death as well, but that doesn't make the peasantry right.

The fascinating thing in the above case is that whilst many murderers get out of jail after ten or so years, this gentleman has been locked up for 27. Why? Because he has protested his innocence consistently and therefore, under the rules, cannot be considered for probation, since he has not shown "remorse".

One might think that someone who refuses a way out of prison to preserve their principles might warrant a revisiting of their case, just to check.
Two excellant points, (technically I am not a peasant, I am a Yeoman).

Now, I don't remember the answer to this (possibly because I was not alive at the time) but did people support the death penalty as much when we di have it as they do now?