The Criminal Justice System in the UK.

On a different thread my old sparring partner sinkov mentioned the release of Colin Pitchfork on parole.

How on earth a double child killer and rapist can ever be deemed not to be a "risk to women" severely challenges my intellect.

If you think this is crazy try an indeterminate jail sentence on for size. An indeterminate sentence is a sentence that does not assign a set amount of jail time. For example, an indeterminate sentence specifies a range, such as “5 to 10 years,” or “15 years to life,” instead of sentencing someone to a set number of years in prison.

So, offenders who perhaps should have received a two year sentence find themselves incarcerated for very much longer and the parole board let them rot.

The inconsistencies in the "system" are bewildering.