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do you think this piece of human detritus will get ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17352740
In an ideal world he would never be allowed to walk the streets of this country again but thats unlikely to happen.
But as the judges and magistrates have been setting examples with the sentencing of a lot of these people (much to the chagrin of the handwringers, no suprise there) he might be taken out circulation for an extremely long time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17352740
In an ideal world he would never be allowed to walk the streets of this country again but thats unlikely to happen.
But as the judges and magistrates have been setting examples with the sentencing of a lot of these people (much to the chagrin of the handwringers, no suprise there) he might be taken out circulation for an extremely long time.
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Zeuhl has made a valid point that really should be answered.
And I want to draw attention to something...if I get into a fight with someone, punch them and they fall to the ground hitting their head on the pavement and subsequently die, should my sentence be the same as a man who lies in bushes, jumps out and stabs a chap in the face twenty times with a machete?
This is going to sound counter-intuative - but we HAVE to have 'degrees of murder'.
If you punch someone, you are not necessarily thinking of murdering them.
If you grind a broken bottle into their carotid artery for five minutes, then you probably ARE trying to murder them.
The law needs to reflect these different forms of killing.
d9f1c7 - you wrote "To the hand wringing left flip flop it is the same. They love to use the law to protect violent criminals"
I would suggest that isn't the case.
And I want to draw attention to something...if I get into a fight with someone, punch them and they fall to the ground hitting their head on the pavement and subsequently die, should my sentence be the same as a man who lies in bushes, jumps out and stabs a chap in the face twenty times with a machete?
This is going to sound counter-intuative - but we HAVE to have 'degrees of murder'.
If you punch someone, you are not necessarily thinking of murdering them.
If you grind a broken bottle into their carotid artery for five minutes, then you probably ARE trying to murder them.
The law needs to reflect these different forms of killing.
d9f1c7 - you wrote "To the hand wringing left flip flop it is the same. They love to use the law to protect violent criminals"
I would suggest that isn't the case.
Manslaughter typically results in a custodial sentence of around 2 - 10 years
And the proportionate sentence for the Copper whose trial is scheduled to open at the Old Bailey on 13 June
According to the Tomlinson inquest jury:
< unlawful killing. They ruled that the officer in question had used excessive and unreasonable force in hitting Tomlinson, and had acted "illegally, recklessly and dangerously>
And the proportionate sentence for the Copper whose trial is scheduled to open at the Old Bailey on 13 June
According to the Tomlinson inquest jury:
< unlawful killing. They ruled that the officer in question had used excessive and unreasonable force in hitting Tomlinson, and had acted "illegally, recklessly and dangerously>
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