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Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished the death penalty for murder in Great Britain (the death penalty for murder survived in Northern Ireland until 1973). The act replaced the penalty of death with a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for life. In the U.K. citizens may be charged with possessing an illegal substance if they are caught with drugs, whether they’re yours or not. If someone is under 18, the police are allowed to tell your parent, guardian or carer that you’ve been caught with drugs. Your penalty will depend on the class and quantity of drug.

12%
Yes
88%
No
7%
Yes
76%
No
2%
Yes, but only if there is proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked
6%
No, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead
1%
Yes, but only if they are repeated offenders
6%
No, I do not believe in the death penalty
1%
Yes, as long as they are given a fair trial

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 @99QKMTJanswered…1yr1Y

Pedophiles not drug dealers.

 @8RPJM5Sanswered…3yrs3Y

Not bothered.

 @9LPR63Wanswered…3 days3D

It would need to be borderline impossible to get the penalty unless its the most evil person who's existance actively threatens the lives and livelihoods of anyone that comes into contact. Violent Gang level stuff.

 @9LP7FXKanswered…4 days4D

No, but sentence them based on the class of the illegal substance (e.g class A, more time in prison) and based on what damage they caused.

 @9LMKN7Danswered…7 days7D

To be given tough prison sentences, with the charge increasing to murder if there's proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked

 @9LL887Zanswered…1wk1W

No not for drug charges they should go to prison untill rehabilitated but I do believe paedophile’s and serial killers should face death penalty because there is no rehabilitation

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 @MercifulFr33m4rket from Florida submitted…2mos2MO

Mexican Drug Cartels Expand Under "Hugs, Not Bullets" Policy

Gangs affiliated with Mexico’s two largest drug cartels—battling to the death over market share—have grown in number and influence since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018. He eased up under a policy he called “hugs, not bullets.” Arrests by Mexico’s national guard, created under López Obrador to replace federal police, fell to 2,800 in 2022 from 21,700 in 2018, according to the national statistics agency.More than 200 criminal gangs are engaged in turf wars compared with 76 in 2010, according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank that studies violent conflicts worldwide. Most of the disputes involve the Sinaloa or Jalisco cartels, among the world’s largest criminal organizations and the top traffickers of fentanyl—the low-cost, high-margin synthetic opioid that kills tens of thousands of Americans a year.Criminal gangs behind the U.S. drug epidemic are seeing accelerated growth, commanding greater control over more territory in Mexico, where they are largely free to murder rivals, neuter police, seize property and strong-arm municipalities into giving them public contracts.In December, farmers from a village in the state of Mexico attacked local cartel members with machetes and sickles, revolting against demands they each pay as much as $600 to work their own land, authorities said. The fight killed 10 gang members and four farmers.

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