Ben Kentish doesn’t think rapists forfeit their human rights, caller Seamus strongly disagrees
| Updated: 12 Aug 2026
LBC's Ben Kentish argues the death penalty would be an easy way out for rapists and murderers, but caller Seamus believes most people would support it.
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"I wouldn't lose sleep at night knowing that these people are on death row," he told the LBC host in their call, which you can watch, above.
Ben finished with: "And again, just like with Seamus, I happen to disagree, and that's, that's, that's why we're here. That's the point of this show. This is the point of LBC, is to hear different views— mine, yours, everybody else's— and respectfully engage with them. And we sometimes, we agree to disagree. Lovely to have you on the programme."