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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 1:53:41 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42574651What do people make of this I cannot imagine what the parole board are thinking Unless he has had his c*** chopped off Or been chemically castrated Sometimes This country is so stupid Of course I am sure he will be flooded with offers of employment And we would all want him living on our road I wonder if he will even survive out of prison
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 5, 2018 13:15:22 GMT
Can the Home Secretary over-rule a parole board? Probably not, without starting a whole new debate on the ECHR. It's interesting that everyone involved at the time is now saying it's nothing to do with me, guv. |
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 5, 2018 13:22:06 GMT
This has been misreported. He got a life sentence on conviction, by law the judge has to set a mininum term. So no a life sentence does not in the vast majority of cases mean life.
Now that he had served his minimum term he is entitled to apply for parole and this was obviously granted. He is not being released or "walking free", he will be under licence and subject to stringent conditions. There can be no govt intervention because he has served his minimum term. Should he be stupid enough to re-offend or breach his conditions, he will go back inside.
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Post by loureviews on Jan 5, 2018 14:00:00 GMT
Parole isn't always granted at the end of a minimum term though. I hope the Board's faith in him remains justified.
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Post by profquatermass on Jan 5, 2018 14:06:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 14:14:35 GMT
This has been misreported. He got a life sentence on conviction, by law the judge has to set a mininum term. So no a life sentence does not in the vast majority of cases mean life. Now that he had served his minimum term he is entitled to apply for parole and this was obviously granted. He is not being released or "walking free", he will be under licence and subject to stringent conditions. There can be no govt intervention because he has served his minimum term. Should he be stupid enough to re-offend or breach his conditions, he will go back inside.I’d imagine that this is very little comfort to his victims and to any new ones who might be on the receiving end of his stupidity... |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 6, 2018 21:16:15 GMT
I thought he would have got a whole life sentence. As pointed life doesn’t mean life, but he has been sentenced to life, just not custodial. Problem with the justice system it is going like America, where to judge sounds tough with his/her sentences, except when it’s quiet and no one is looking, they release the prisoner who has served their bare minimum sentence. They have been caught out with this one. |
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Post by lynette on Feb 6, 2018 21:42:13 GMT
Those 100 + years sentences in the US would work here even if they halved them!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 6, 2018 22:13:28 GMT
I thought he would have got a whole life sentence. As pointed life doesn’t mean life, but he has been sentenced to life, just not custodial. Problem with the justice system it is going like America, where to judge sounds tough with his/her sentences, except when it’s quiet and no one is looking, they release the prisoner who has served their bare minimum sentence. They have been caught out with this one. Very very few whole life sentences are given. Judges tend to rein back and give high minimum terms such as the 43 years given recently. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 6, 2018 22:20:54 GMT
That one should have been a whole life sentence as well.
I know they’re rare about 5 a year, but there is something very satisfying that a animal has been caged and will never walk free, it must mess with their head, with no hope,
The one I mentioned and the one you brought up, will more than likely die behind bars.
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