Utah Killer (Alleged) and the Death Penalty

The District Attorney in Utah announced he plans to seek the death penalty for the young man who shot Charlie Kirk.

This has been greeted with widespread approval in the UK with words like “I wish we could do the same here”.

Of course, we want to punish evil men on conviction, but the risk of wrongful conviction still lurks and hangs over British justice.

There have been many, many cases of wrongful convictions over the years and people in jail now wrongfully convicted.

If there was a death penalty, it would be too late, and they would be dead.

You may only care about this if it was your son or daughter in that situation. Give it some thought.

September 2025
Rodney Hylton-Potts