The Death Penalty or Life Meaning Life

[IAN 2411]

England 28th Jan 2010

Published: Today
MORE than 1,000 mourners turned out yesterday to say goodbye to murdered teen Asha Muneer.
Asha's grieving family held her funeral in a leisure centre rather than at home because so many people wanted to pay their respects to the 18-year-old student.
Mourners including the sixth former's classmates began arriving hours before the service started.
Many hugged and comforted each other, while others said prayers or quietly wiped tears from their eyes. One weeping relative could not bear to watch as Asha's coffin, covered in green, was revealed at the Rivermead Leisure Centre in Reading, Berks.
A green curtain separated men and women, as would normally happen at a mosque.
Asha's taxi driver dad Mohammed, 67, her mum Nasreen, 47, brother and three sisters were too upset to talk after the service.
But her uncle Saeed Iqbal thanked the local community for giving the family "wonderful support". He said: "Nobody can understand the hell we've been through. She was innocent and somebody took her life for no reason. It's terrible for the whole family."

Mr Iqbal called for the reintroduction of the death penalty, saying: "We are looking for justice and justice is a life for a life."
Tim Royle, head of Highdown School where Asha was studying English, sociology and economics, said: "Asha will be remembered with great affection."
After the service her coffin was driven to a local cemetery.
Asha's body was found last week next to the River Kennet in Reading.
The part-time shop assistant had suffered 25 stab wounds.
A 19-year-old is charged with murder.


Well MMI that has shot your theory that no one involved in murders wants the death penalty as revenge and retribution. You also said that relatives would never want a life for a life, but normal people are not as forgiving as you, and when they are hurt, they want to hurt back. I would also like to point out to you that this is the actual murder that i was refering to in my original post in this thread. Good timing or what? All that we have to do is find out which TV channal her murderer will be watching inbetween his three top class meals that he will be getting for the next 12 - 15 years. Then we can give him some rehabilitation money and send if off to get upset and kill again.

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