[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Mariah Christmas

99% are.

Also what if someone confesses to the crime? Surprisingly a lot do.

And some nut jobs confess to the crime when they didn't actually do it. The law doesn't take a confession as truth without full evidence to back up that confession.

There's been a recent re-opening of the Megan and Jossie Russel murders. Michael Stone, the convicted killer has been behind bars in a high security prison for 21 years but recently another prisoner, Levi Bellfield started telling other prisoners he did it. Its highly likely that Bellfield didn't do it but why would he admit to such a thing. Insanity perhaps?

Then again, maybe Michael Stone, one of the most hated men in Britain, will turn out to be an innocent man.

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

And some nut jobs confess to the crime when they didn't actually do it. The law doesn't take a confession as truth without full evidence to back up that confession.

There's been a recent re-opening of the Megan and Jossie Russel murders. Michael Stone, the convicted killer has been behind bars in a high security prison for 21 years but recently another prisoner, Levi Bellfield started telling other prisoners he did it. Its highly likely that Bellfield didn't do it but why would he admit to such a thing. Insanity perhaps?

Then again, maybe Michael Stone, one of the most hated men in Britain, will turn out to be an innocent man.

If they confess to something as big as serial killing or child killing then they deserve whatever punishment suitable people aren’t psychics to know that they’re lying. If they can be jailed for confessing they can receive the death penalty too.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Mariah Christmas

If they confess to something as big as serial killing or child killing then they deserve whatever punishment suitable people aren’t psychics to know that they’re lying. If they can be jailed for confessing they can receive the death penalty too.

So you'd kill someone based on the fact they're insane and don't know what they're confessing to?

See, this is now exactly why I'm against it. The waters are getting murky now and the line blurring.