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Is the pub brawl killer as deserving of punishment as Huntley?
Bet the police etc would wish they kept him in prison then wouldn't they
Who has ever come out of prison after a 40 year sentance and then murdered again?
And, its unlikely he will get released, the judge said so, you're making it sound like come 40 years he'll be released, thats just the theoretical parole date.
at which he'd have to convinceparole people he's changed and no longer poses a threat
which is the difficult thing for the judge and the law, as no sexual intent was proven and the evidence only points to a split second decision rather than premeditated murder. One would assume that after 40 years he's be able to claim he's not a threat.
Yeah, sure that within 40 years you'll be able to think long and hard about your past actions but you're still the same person.
He killed 2 little girls who had their whole lifes to live... so he deserves to live the rest of his behind bars.
Thats my opinion anyway.
You dont think he might feel guilty about his actions? That he might change at all during 40 years?
I'll ask again. Take the woman who has been beaten by her husband for thirty years, and one day snaps and stabs him to death. Should she be kept inside for life? Should she be treated the same as Huntley?
Huntley won't get out of prison alive, I think people forget how long 40 years actually is. And even if he does, he is not free to commit more murder, he will be released on license with the knowledge that if he commits any criminal offence at all he will be sent straight back into custody.
Couldn't she argue that down to Manslaughter?
Bongbudda: she could argue it down to manslaughter, but not always.
So true! In a week where A 'BUDDING MODEL' with blonde hair, is killed outside her house you can see the prejudice in the way that the murder of Rochelle Holness has received so much less coverage!
mind you - I sometimes think that it is the over exposure of these kinds of murders that creates these visions of 'evil'. I think the press adn television should be told to butt out in these kinds of cases
On that note it is interesting to compare the coverage of the brutal murder and dismemberment of a black teenager in London with the murder of the white 'model'.
Its function is to keep people safe, not satisfy revenge.
What about the murders of union workers by the coca cola company?
A human life is a human life.
They are worth even less because they are poor, coloured and from a different country were people die all the time.
Yeah, only white middle class kids count.
And if they are attractive, female and just on the verge of getting 100 A*'s at exams then all the better.