Life Sentences

[Caran]

Since when has one of the above been less than a year?
Rapist given 33 life sentences, must serve a minimum of thirty years.
It doesn't add up.

[Canary42]

My thoughts on that case too Caran. But you can't expect Judges to be able to do simple arithmetic.

[Mamyalynne]

They have to quote a minimum in most cases, that is the earliest a case can be looked at again.

[ummmm]

With minimum sentences there is a good chance they'll never get out. People get institutionalised very quickly.

[Peter Pedant]

because we have ignored the difference between concurrent and consecutive.
and we have also temporarily forgotten that once one had died - that is the life sentence over, even if there are a few more ( 32 in fact ) to serve

and why is it changing and not like your auld gran-daddy used to say?

because the Home Secretary used to decide who was an elected politician and therefore shouldnt be doing judgy things

a judge can decide - never let out - and I thought he wd impose one
but he didnt

[Peter Pedant]

// People get institutionalised very quickly.//
this one the officers said was too violent to get into the video room ( not even court)

the judge felt obliged to go to the prison and read out to him the list of charges - he seemed to have the idea that if he didnt turn up - then they couldnt try him ( nooooooo)