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The Death Penalty Should Be Imposed For Acts Of Terror That Cause Death

Team Colombia firstly said the criminal in question should be given psychological treatment while he is kept imprisoned. What they fail the understand is that psychological treatment is only given to somebody who is clinically proven to be a lunatic. However, there is no guarantee that all terrorist

Wire-tap and ‘intercept’ evidence, admissibility in courts

Should evidence obtained through telephone, email or other forms of communication tapping be admissible as evidence by either side in any form of trial?

Do the Civil Procedure Rules allow for a ‘fair trial’?

The Human Rights Act 1998 ('HRA') implements the European Convention of Human Rights into domestic UK legislation. As a public body, the courts are required to apply the Human Rights Act. At the same time the courts are to follow the Civil Procedure Rules ('CPR'). Article 6 of the HRA states that ev

Prisoners Should Have The Right To Vote

Should people serving prison sentences be permitted to vote in elections?

Gun Control

Should laws be passed to limit gun ownership further?

Drones Should Be Used to Take Out Enemy Combatants

Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, are remotely controlled aircrafts. They are often armed with missiles or bombs to attack the enemy. From the time of the World Trade Center attacks, the United States has used countless numbers of drones to kill suspected terrorists in countries throug

Flag Burning Should Be Prohibited

Should flag burning as a form of protest be prohibited?

Should people who plea guilty early receive more lenient sentences?

Upon hearing a criminal case, judges and magistrates decide the sentence. They have upper and lower brackets within which they can use their discretion. Lord Justice Leveson has stated that he would like to see more discounts given to criminals who admit to their crime before the first court hearing

Is accessing your spouse’s email account hacking?

Leon Walker from Michigan has been charged with hacking having accessed his wife’s email account. Not surprisingly accessing email, phones with their stored text messages and social networking sites is becoming one of the biggest ways of finding out if a spouse is cheating and the evidence is ofte

Genetics – a defence to murder?

After an Italian murderer had his sentence reduced due to having a "violent gene", could DNA profiles be used as a defence in criminal courts?

Walter Perez was murdered for taunting a Muslim man, Abdelmalek Bayout, about wearing eye makeup. The Murderer was sentenced to nine years. Th

Cameras in Courtrooms

Should cameras be placed in courtrooms so that criminal trials can be televised?

Sharia law should be granted legal recognition

Should states with significant Muslim minorities grant some recognition for Sharia law to govern aspects of their affairs within their legal systems.

Rehabilitation vs Retribution

Should the criminal justice system focus more on rehabilitation than retribution?

Slavery, reparations for

Should countries that benefited from slavery compensate the descendents of slaves?

Should The Burning Of Holy Books Be Banned

Holy books are the key symbols of many faiths. Christianity has the Bible, Islam the Qur’an, Judaism the Torah, Hinduism the Veda and so on. Some religions go further regarding their holy book as either being the word or God or directly inspired by God. Burning such books is highly offensive and t

Downloading music without permission is an example of theft and is immoral

Is downloading music without permission from the internet wrong?

Detention on the Grounds of Mental Illness

Should the government have the power to detain people identified as having dangerous personality disorders?

International Criminal Court

Should the United States or any other State continue to reject the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Is the ICC both dangerous to democracy and doomed to fail?

Parents of obese children be prosecuted with neglect

If a child is malnourished it is classed as child abuse but if I child is obese the parents are rarely blamed. This discrepancy makes little sense when the health risks faced by obesity are indisputable. Researchers claim that being over weight greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke,

DNA Database for Criminals

Should we create a database of DNA that can be used by police authorities in order to apprehend criminals?