So she thinks a convicted double murdered (and subsequent attempted murder whilst in prison) should be given 'hope' of release. I'd be interested to know when she thinks it would be 'safe' to release him back into the community. At least so I can move out of the area. As for him having no incentive to behave that could soon be addressed with a little imagination.
Gary Vinter admitted his crime just after he was arrested for it, so in his case he wouldn't have been wrongly convicted and executed if the death penalty was still in use. More importantly, this man is an advert for why a whole life sentence is a bad idea. Such sentences give prisoners no real incentive to behave well, abide by prison rules, co-operate with prison staff or make any real effort with rehabilitation. Just before his challenge was heard in the European courts, he wounded another prisoner - and merely asked the prison staff to make sure he got another life sentence for his "collection", as his life sentences didn't mean anything to him anymore. And earlier this year he was found guilty of attempting to murder another prisoner in a near-fatal attack. And he is not the only prisoner serving a whole life sentence who has behaved violently and injured others in prison. During the 1980s, one such prisoner even committed more killings in prison!
So she thinks a convicted double murdered (and subsequent attempted murder whilst in prison) should be given 'hope' of release. I'd be interested to know when she thinks it would be 'safe' to release him back into the community. At least so I can move out of the area. As for him having no incentive to behave that could soon be addressed with a little imagination.
Better to detain indefinitely, than to have the person killed and later find out they were innocent.
Gary Vinter admitted his crime just after he was arrested for it, so in his case he wouldn't have been wrongly convicted and executed if the death penalty was still in use. More importantly, this man is an advert for why a whole life sentence is a bad idea. Such sentences give prisoners no real incentive to behave well, abide by prison rules, co-operate with prison staff or make any real effort with rehabilitation. Just before his challenge was heard in the European courts, he wounded another prisoner - and merely asked the prison staff to make sure he got another life sentence for his "collection", as his life sentences didn't mean anything to him anymore. And earlier this year he was found guilty of attempting to murder another prisoner in a near-fatal attack. And he is not the only prisoner serving a whole life sentence who has behaved violently and injured others in prison. During the 1980s, one such prisoner even committed more killings in prison!
I think detaining anyone indefinitely is a pretty sad practice in general...