Sarah Everard's Murderer

[sp1814]

The current law in England and Wales states that the murder of a police (or prison) officer in the course of duty is a factor indicating a murder of ‘particularly high seriousness’, which must attract a minimum sentence of 30 years.

This is (thankfully) extremely rare, but if found guilty should the same apply to police / prison officers who murder civilians?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/29/sarah-everard-family-haunted-by-the-horror-of-daughters-murder

[Stickybottle]

andy hughes
Even Pierrpoint's amazing 'in the room and down the drop in twelve seconds' is twelve seconds where the individual knows they are about to die.

I also wonder at what point poor Ms Everard had the dawning realisation that her life would end shortly after the vile abuse beforehand ?
Imagine if you could
her terror
Very little thought given to her and her family for the majority of this thread

[andy-hughes]

Stickybottle - // Imagine if you could
her terror
Very little thought given to her and her family for the majority of this thread //

I can't - I am pleased to say, it would do me no good at all.

But I do think that complete sympathy for the agony her family are suffering can be taken as read - don't you.

[Mozz71]

Andy- "The definition of euthanasia is the painless ending of life in order to relieve pain and suffering"

No it isn't. In America alone, 1.5 million cats and dogs are euthanised annually by shelters unable to find homes for them. Not because they are ill or in pain, just because they canot afford to keep them indefinitely. Euthanasia is the painless act of "putting to sleep" someone or something, but it isn't necessarily a mercy killing.