Should jihadi Beatles face the death penalty?

ALEXANDA KOTEY and El Shafee Elsheikh — the surviving members of the IS ‘Beatles’ murder squad — face the death penalty if they are extradited to the U.S. (Mail). Bearing in mind they are members of a brutal organisation that beheaded Britons and other nationalities in front of cameras with no emotion, they do not deserve to be treated humanely. They did not show compassion to their victims, so they should be dealt with in kind. The MPs who are condemning their extradition should worry more about protecting the public. rICHArD mIKULA, nottingham.

BRITAIN should supply the U.S. government with relevant information about the jihadis on the understanding that a guilty verdict will result in life imprisonment, not the death penalty. I trust the Home Secretary Sajid Javid will reverse his position on this matter.

P. ASHCroFT, Huntingdon, Cambs.

PARLIAMENT, the liberal elite and the Left-wing establishment may be against it, but many people have no problem with sending terrorists to be tried in countries with the death penalty. m. mcCALLUm, eastbourne, e. Sussex. WELL done, Mr Javid, for standing up for innocent victims. Why should we have to pay for murderers to stay in prison for 30-plus years?

K. JACQUeS, Stafford.

WHY give these alleged killers the martyrdom they crave? If found guilty, they should spend the remainder of their useless lives rotting in a harsh American prison. BrIAn rUSHTon, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs.

WE SHOULD insist the trial of the captured IS jihadis is carried out in a country where there is no death penalty, but where life in prison does mean life. Not like Britain, when you’re released after half the sentence has been served. JoHn CoLLInS, Chelmsford, essex.