Robert Readman's letter concerning the fate of returning British
ISIS fighters seems to promote emotive argument over common sense. Frankly I feel that those who speak so openly
about bringing back the death penalty would be lacking in the steel to pull the
lever themselves. This fixation on punishment would close the door to the
possibility of leveraging certain returnees to become double agents. It also ignores the remarkable examples of those
ex-jihadists such as Maajid Nawaz who have turned their backs on extremism to
become true believers in the democratic ideal.
Regards
Zachary Barker
Bristol
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