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No in Europe only some people think Capital Punishment to be barbaric and unfair.
If it went to a public referendum in the UK it would be voted back in no question.
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I dont think it would .. but I think it would be very close. The reason I said Europe and not the UK is that my country is often a little out of step with the continent. What I meant was that it is enshrined in European law as being an unacceptable solution to crime and the vast majority of European citizens agree....(.or did before the enlargement I dont really know how that may have affected the mix.)
On a personal level, in my own life I am acquainted with only two people who would vote for a return of capital punishment in this country.....two....out of everyone know, out of all the people I have worked and had the debate with ...and out of my large extended family, my friends and colleagues and neighbours....Two of them would say Hang em high. One of those is my Dad and frankly he has some kooky ideas to start with ( he witnessed a massacre in India when he was a child, I think it gave him a slightly skewed perspective on the world) and the other is My ex's new girlfriend *grins* she's a righty....he's a socialist....I am off to get popcorn for that :P