Should they have been, or be released. Murderers

10% of those sentenced to death in America are later exonerated. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/death-penalty.aspx

That's (at least) 192 people since 1973 - or about 4 per year - that are sentenced to death but are later exonerated. With DNA, CCTV, and the rest.

 

If the country kills, then it is no better than the scum that do kill. Without some sort of morality in society you end up with the USA / Iran / Saudi, that has no concept of society. I know in our country, post Thatcher we have been approaching this, but elected representatives have seen that, even when the death penalty was still a popular choice. It has never been a deterrent & makes martyrs of some terrorists.

Life should mean life for murderers. Manslaughter & other offences should be long custodial sentences.

 

Sort of proves the point. For both sides of the coin in todays world. Leading to less injustice and more evidence of proof. Hopefully those incidents are less over time.
I lean towards J Peachys post.

 

slightly o/t -
not sure if it's a good thing that politicians become involved in sentencing.

Sometime read of someone convicted of murder/manslaughter having a whole life tariff imposed by the incumbent Home Secretary over-riding the initial sentence of 'less' than life imposed by the Trial Judge.

MR - what do you reckon ?

 

I absolutely agree. The separation of powers is fundamentally important.

 

Imo That's why our laws and sentences are outdated mate. Don't know if it's the same case but there was one recently that caused a public outcry. And most I think were in agreement of the interference in of the sentence. ( Case escapes me)