sqad: "TTT......I don't know the Law, but I didn't know that WHOLE life sentences were an option. " - ALL life sentences are whole of life, it's just that they have various ways of TROB letting them out.
...Its starts with the judge, he'll say "life" and recommend a minimum term. From that point you have Lord Longford types trying to get them back on the streets. A judge rarely says life means life they occasionally say something like, they should never be release but that's rare. But as many of the FOCS on here have said Life does in potentially mean what is says but hardly ever does.
TTT....well there you go and as long as he is treated and assessed the same as other "lifers " then I will accept their decision making.....however imperfect.
Sqad, look at the link to the previous thread... "whole life" options are possible, but exceptionally rare. 70 odd in the UK.
Either, just guillotine a murderer/ rapist/ active paedophile on finding them guilty. Or- we have to choose, which are the most dangerous, as there is a limit on money and space.
By keeping him in prison forever, someone else can't be, so it really is a guess, on how likely someone is, to reoffend.
Sorry, I didn't see the other thread from last month.
I don't think he should be released. What happens if other double murderers are up for parole like Ian Huntley? I thought multiple murderers get life where it actually means life.