Although I would be interested in seeing some stricter rules placed, here in the UK, especially against younger offenders (we have alot of young thugs down here), I'm against the death penalty, although it does seem as though it'd take down murder, rape, etc, rates significantly.
I think if you can discipline individuals at a younger age, it will stay with them- so I've been thinking about how different life would be if the cane was still around... maybe we don't need something so painful, but you know what I mean
It was a god post, made for an interesting read, thanks