"Capital punishment [could] serve as a deterrent. I do not think we have enough deterrents in this country for criminals – let’s not forget that murders, rapists and criminals of that nature choose to commit the crimes that they commit."
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Priti Patel
Dame Priti Sushil Patel DBE (born 29 March 1972) is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2017. She is ideologically on the right wing of the Conservative Party; she considers herself to be a Thatcherite and has gained attention for her socially conservative stances. Patel has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witham since 2010 and was appointed a DBE in B
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