In the UK if someone gets life it doesn't mean he/she will be in jail untill he/she dies.
Should the law be changed?
2006-10-20 10:16:09 · 23 answers · asked by ***Missy*** 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
if there is 100% evidence BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY for :paedophiles, murderers, rapists, oap crime, hit and run drivers (if you can flee the scene of the crime where is the innocence????) animal abuse why should society pay to keep convicted criminals??? cant do the time DON'T DO THE CRIME!
2006-10-20 11:14:15 · answer #1 · answered by rsrs782005 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The criminal justice system in the UK is based on punishment but also rehabilitation. When a life sentence is passed a minimum time limit is set before the defendant can apply for parole. This does not automatically mean that the person will be released, rather that they have a chance to convince a parole board that they are no longer a risk to society. The whole system hinges on the belief that it is possible to rehabilitate most offenders back into society. It should also be remembered that life prisoners who are released are on licence for the rest of their lives, which means regular contact with probation services amongst other things. A new offence or breach of licence conditions means re-imprisonment.
2006-10-20 20:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Fill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A life sentence is a life sentence. If a life sentenced prisoner living in the community so much as looks at someone funnily they can be back inside before their feet hit the ground.
Life sentenced prisoners are never free in the same way as you and I are, they are simply deemed fit to live in the community. They still have to report to probation or police stations. They have lots of restrictions on their movement and residence.
People assume that they are free but this is not - and quite rightly so - the case.
Life does indeed mean life as a prisoner. Those out on licence - even the ones who become famous actors are never "free".
2006-10-20 11:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a firm believer in a sentence should be the sentence served, none of this stuff where if you plead guilty the sentence gets halved. but locking someone up for life is primitive In the UK its only 25 years, and that can be halved to 13 with the guilty plea.
We have enough knowledge on human behavioural patterns, prisoners should be educated in prison, full rehabilitated and integrated back into society.
Having inmates lead normal lives in prison but having their freedom constricted will help them integrate with society, since the change in life style will not be too much of a shock for freed prisoners.
2006-10-20 10:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by speedball182 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I strongly think that life should mean life after all the victims family don't suddenly forget they have lost someone after 12 years , if anything it must be very upsetting to find out that the person who committed a crime against them is now out having a party because they are free. The victims suffer for the rest of there life ( or not ) with the crime why should some low life be allowed to walk away. Lock them up all night on there own , make them work all day in silence make prison harder lock them up till they are carried out.
2006-10-20 10:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by simjam31 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No life should mean life. If not then the judge would sentence the man/woman guilty X years.
No matter what the sentence, the person found guilty can still overtime be good, and work hard in prison, to get the board to look onto him/her. So even if the person would be stuck in jail for life, he/she could work hard enough to see the warden, and maybe just maybe he/she be given a shot to build trust.
2006-10-20 10:24:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
l think that they should bring back the death sentence for murderers, if you take a life then you deserve to lose yours. Paedophiles should be locked up for life, as they say a leopard never changes its spots, they will always re offend and also pose a threat. Rapists should either be chemically castrated or locked up for life, or they should be put in a room with the relatives and let them deal out appropriate punishment, l think a couple of bricks would do the job, if you get my meaning...LOL
2016-03-28 02:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also live in the UK and am appalled at how criminals life sentences are reduced or they are released early from prison. Life should mean life but the law is obviously in need of revision because murderers can re offend.
2006-10-20 10:25:39 · answer #8 · answered by Squirrel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES Life should mean life, although before someone is given a life sentence it must be justified, ie;A life for a life if that life was taken on purpose or the person acted in a manor that was reckless eg; drink driving.
2006-10-20 10:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by scotlandsno1yummymummy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya.. It is kinda funny.. Some states Life means your first parole hearing is in 10 years. That's why some sentences are Life without the possibility of parole..
2006-10-20 10:27:39 · answer #10 · answered by mr.longshot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that much different than in the United States. Problem is the more people you give life to, the more prisons that have to be built. More prisons and more prisoners means more money. And spending money on the prison systems isn't the highest on anyones aganda, rightfully so.
2006-10-20 10:20:49 · answer #11 · answered by Judge Dredd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋