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  Bern - you are right that the process in the USA can be far too long. Justice to be justice needs to be swifter than that. The system can be speedier while being fair. The death sentence loses much of its deterrance effect when you have a process drawn out over 10 or more years.
  
  Chris - The Bulger murders were horriific but even so clearly there needs to be account taken of age. I am not convinced, however, that these murderers have been adequately delt with though, given their age the death penalty would not be approriate.
  
  Keith - We have the whole issue of our 'broken society', of which the knife issue is a part, and IDS has brought out a paper on that and is an acknowledged expert. We have seen no similar work done by the Labour Party, having had 11 years in power they have a good share of the responsibility for the state we are in. All we see from them is piecemeal fire fighting...
  
  The Conservatives have recognised the problem and are developing policies, based on the IDS paper, to address this in Government. David Cameron's recent speech on personal responsibility and the need for straight speaking are all part of the approach towards this.

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