The execution of gary glitter
Neither side is portrayed as right or wrong. The opponents argue that it is hardly more moral to put anyone to death over such a crime than the crime itself, that everyone should have a right to life, betterment, deserves a chance to redeem and reform himself, and that it is in spite of several international humanitarian agreements.
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Viewers might have concluded he had committed 'terrible' crimes that had gone unpunished.
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But all the same, it doesn't seem like Gary Glitter's crimes, bad as they were, should warrant the death penalty in any reasonable jurisdiction.Īlso, what the *hell* is the UK doing re-trying crimes committed abroad, following trial and conviction in those countries? If I were Vietnamese I'd be livid at the monstrously patronising attitude that their prison sentence was somehow inadequate.Īnd as for juries deciding sentences, don't get me started! UK politicians seem to have an incurable compulsion to ape even the pottiest habits of the US. Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - said Channel 4's The Execution of Gary Glitter had treated him unfairly.
I must admit I'd have retained the second one. I thought it was fairly obviously propaganda *against* the death penalty, by assuming the absurd proposition that any sex with someone aged 12 years or younger would be a capital offence (given that this would be statutory rape).Īlso, there was some sneaky propaganda in favour of the human rights act and the EU.įor reference, in the UK rape was a capital offence until the 1840s, as was "carnal knowledge" (to use the legal term) of a child under the age of seven. It took the premise that a real-life sex offender (Paul Gadd, formerly the hugely successful Glam rock artist Gary Glitter) might face the death penalty in.