Happ Hazzard Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 So? The same punishment for these two scenarios?: 1. Man goes into bank to rob it. "Everybody be cool, this is a robbery." One of the customers tries to stand in he his way, robber murders him and 4 other customers - pour encourager les autres. 2. You come home from work early to find Mrs Hazzard with her very well endowed and I mean enormous lover in flagrante delicto (I'd be a little more graphic usually, but am going to have a quiet weekend and I would prefer not to get a ban), you are a little angry to say the least and pick a golf club out of your set and in a fit of pique hit the lover on the head mortally wounding him. Une crime passionelle would be looked on by the Judge as a slight mitigation and you would receive life for murder in the same way that the bank robber did. In my book the bank robber deserves to be in a hole of a prison for a long time, you however do not deserve the same treatment. I wouldn't give the person in the second case life meaning life. Just 30 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 So it's just the semantics you don't life, since life in the UK means 15 years or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I wouldn't give the person in the second case life meaning life. Just 30 years or so. How much would you have given Tony Martin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Life should mean life. Put them in a cell, weld the door shut, chuck some sandwiches in there occasionally, hole in the floor for the toilet, and that's it until they die. Typical liberal do-gooder leftie nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 How much would you have given Tony Martin? a conditional discharge and a pat on the back :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 How much would you have given Tony Martin? What has the previous holder of the cycling time trial world record done to deserve life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargepole23 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 What has the previous holder of the cycling time trial world record done to deserve life? A poor ride earlier this week, not even a medal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share Posted October 2, 2015 And yet another poor life sentence, the 15 year old that was planning a massacre, gets life but must serve 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999tigger Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 It's because life sentences work differently from what most of the public think. The judge can specify a min term based upon the seriousness of the offence, it's then up to the parole board to decide as and when they think he no longer poses a risk to society. The life sentence gives them the flexibility to keep him in prison forever if they arent satisfied. If he is ever released, then it would only ever be on licence and he would be subject to being taken back into custody. That bits for life. It''s really down to your misunderstanding of what a life sentence means in law. He's only 15, which makes the case unusual because he has to be tried as a child. If you think you cna do better then become a judge or a politician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Wasn't he tried as an Adult? Thats usually what they do when the crime is so severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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