We all agree their act of beheading and videotaping 'foreign' journalists and support workers on a global level was shocking and indefensible. Of course, the perpetrators deserve to be strung up. It's interesting how so many convicted murderers suddenly value life and mercy when it comes to their own!
However, this is more an ethical constitutional question. The death penalty has been abolished in the UK. In addition, by the recent 2014 Nationality Act, a person's British citizenship can be removed. This is what has happened in this case. The ISIS formerly British defendants are now stateless, and are expected to be handed over to Guantanamo Bay for execution.
I always understood that the British government could not remove a person's British nationality if it would leave that individual stateless. The defendants have protested against their stateless status.
Yes, there is strong feeling that the 'scum' should be torn limb from limb. That aside, is it right that the British government should cross over the 'ethical' line? As Hume said, this could be the slippery slope...
In ethics, you should not give an inch to being unethical.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...uantanamo.html
(NB Not sure the DM is correct about their being 'British' any more.)
However, this is more an ethical constitutional question. The death penalty has been abolished in the UK. In addition, by the recent 2014 Nationality Act, a person's British citizenship can be removed. This is what has happened in this case. The ISIS formerly British defendants are now stateless, and are expected to be handed over to Guantanamo Bay for execution.
I always understood that the British government could not remove a person's British nationality if it would leave that individual stateless. The defendants have protested against their stateless status.
Yes, there is strong feeling that the 'scum' should be torn limb from limb. That aside, is it right that the British government should cross over the 'ethical' line? As Hume said, this could be the slippery slope...
In ethics, you should not give an inch to being unethical.
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Britain has scrapped its opposition to the death penalty and torture camp Guantanamo Bay, it was reported last night. It has been revealed the UK government have agreed to share information on the so-called Beatles jihadists with America so they can be prosecuted under their laws, according to the Daily Telegraph. Alexanda Kotey and Shafee El-Sheikh have British citizenship but will be tried in the US courts for their part in Isis activities amid concern the UK lacks robust terrorism laws. Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, wrote in a letter to the American Attorney General Jeff Sessions that Britain will not need ‘assurances’ that the pair will avoid the death penalty, the Telegraph reported. |
(NB Not sure the DM is correct about their being 'British' any more.)
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