Controversial Senator Jacqui Lambie is ruffling feathers again.
Independent Senator, Jacqui Lambie, has called for the death sentence to be be brought back as punishment for citizens who fight in terrorist organisations overseas.
“I’m asking that everyone who assists any of the terrorists trying to take out our own defence force personnel, that the death penalty be introduced,” she told Southern Cross Austereo radio this morning.
“These terrorists, they’re psychopaths. There’s no doubt about that. And we’ve got to lead by example.”
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Senator Lambie announced on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast radio program she would push a bill in parliament, but does not expect to get the numbers for it to pass.
She told host Eddie McGuire that the jury should have the “option” to execute people convicted for “terrorism and terrorism acts only”.
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Jacqui Lambie is no stranger to controversy, previously raising eyebrows with her call for a ban on the burqa, and claims that “halal money” may fund terrorism. She also once asked a caller on live radio if he was rich and well hung.
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Lambie was originally elected to senate as a member of the Palmer United Party in 2013, but has since left the party and sits as an Independent senator.
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No. I disagree. You are proposing a violent end to human life. Two wrongs do not fix everything. This is not a way to achieve a peaceful society! Please examine your logic carefully and look at the illogical solution that you are suggesting and how flawed it is. Your suggestion will not fix up the problem.
Why give them what they want... they don't deserve a quick, or peacefull death.. Let them wrot in Aussie prisons, untill they die.
Bring back the death penalty to the pure scums of this country, serial sex offenders, people who murder innocent people, high risk pedophiles.