Well Done To The Government.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51649643
Now keep the SOBs locked up for good.

[Apc2604]

A simple definition //Terrorism is the use of fear and acts of violence in order to intimidate societies, governments or against an ideology. ... Common definitions of terrorism refer to violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror). They may be done for a religious, political, or ideological goal, and uses illegal violence.//

[youngmafbog]

Good.

Now rewrite the HRA.

[Apc2604]

I obviously copied that! Hence the quotation marks.

[ToraToraTora]

beso, if you want to talk about domestic violence then start your own thread. I respect your points but do not hijack this thread.

[Jackdaw33]

Retropective legislation, whilst rare, is not unprecedented. See the War Crimes Act of 1991.

[jim360]

A new one to me, JD -- although I'm not sure how comparable it is.

For the record I have no intention of criticising the government for introducing this legislation. I worry about legislation drafted in haste, and motivated at least partly by the need to be seen to be doing something, and yes I think the retrospective nature at least deserves testing. But automatic and improperly-supervised early release of people who go on to re-offend was clearly a mistake and I can't argue against wanting to rectify it.

[dannyk13]

The problem is, as | see it, that the parole boards are far from infallible.In the past they have released criminals who have gone on to re-offend.

[youngmafbog]

And that is exactly why criminals should serve all their sentence handed down and given extra for bad behavior.

[ToraToraTora]

the problem is that parole boards are full of hand wringing lefties. Just abolish the whole *** show and make everyone do at least what they are sentenced to.

[Spicerack]

Parole Boards may be carp but this change in the law is about automatic release.
Now they will see the Parole Board.