O/T What exactly is a life sentence?

[howdydoo]

Something to look forward to?

Like their victims?

[avondalemiller]

Something to look forward to?

Like their victims?

...............totally agree..........use the "prisons are full" option perhaps?

[KerrAvon]

Yes I'm well aware it was on TV but will not waste any of my time trying to view it. Obviously the question of 34 years being given has even bypassed yourself. What a weird number? Why not round it up or down? I'm also aware he has taken off the time on remand 457 days?

Boo Hoo, what a horrific murder how she kept the decapitated body for two weeks before disposing of it, truly a twisted mind that needs Psychiatric help not prison.

I was answering your question. I'm not sure what I said to cause you to have a tantrum.

The notion of rounding up and down doesn't really fit with the concept of precision in sentencing. If 34 years is what the judge considered appropriate then 34 years is the sentence he should give.

Do you have a fetish for multiples of the number 5? It's a funny old world

[KerrAvon]

I think some years ago some charity or campaign group said it wasn't fair to give them an endless sentence, they had to have an end point(something to look forwards to...lol). Kerr will put us right.
As for prisons getting full.........always 1 answer to that.

As for the Parole Board getting it right.........mmmmmmm?

The argument was that the Prison Service had largely given up on rehabilitation and so it was a bit unfair to expect prisoners to rehabilitate.

Posted for information and without comment, so hopefully Brin won't be too triggered.

[Brin]

I was answering your question. I'm not sure what I said to cause you to have a tantrum.

The notion of rounding up and down doesn't really fit with the concept of precision in sentencing. If 34 years is what the judge considered appropriate then 34 years is the sentence he should give.

Do you have a fetish for multiples of the number 5? It's a funny old world

Tantrum? You having a bad night? I’m not having anything of the sort 😄

I think I’ve asked a question you can’t answer and you’ve reacted cornered by it. My my…. Kerr throws a tantrum 😄

[KerrAvon]

What did you ask that I can't answer? I've answered you twice and pointed out where you can find the judge's workings out.

Do you ever sit back and read your posts? An exchange with you is a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

And the best thing is that I was trying to be helpful, which seems to have made you go into a defensive curl

[Scum-Triumphant]

From todays BBC.

Maurice Hastings: US man in prison for 38 years freed by new DNA evidence https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63437208

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

What did you ask that I can't answer? I've answered you twice and pointed out where you can find the judge's workings out.

Do you ever sit back and read your posts? An exchange with you is a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

And the best thing is that I was trying to be helpful, which seems to have made you go into a defensive curl

“An exchange with you is a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent”

Sounds like a John2 comment, coincidentally of course

[rolymiller]

From todays BBC.

Maurice Hastings: US man in prison for 38 years freed by new DNA evidence https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63437208

...exactly and there is the rub... who knows how many others are wrongly convicted or have died wrongly on death row...

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

...exactly and there is the rub... who knows how many others are wrongly convicted or have died wrongly on death row...

Very few