8 year 6 month for murder

[The_Unicorn]

Ok do you agree with the summing up in your opinion should the minimum sentence be longer

I haven't heard the summing up.

 

[outoftown]

What would be a deterrent? 10 years, 15 years, 20 years? I don't think those who carry knives care about a prison sentence. Others might think that being locked up for 23 hours a day for 8 and a half years is a deterrent. To me 6 months in prison would be a deterrent.

I think there's definitely a deterrent to be had ..
Minimum 5 for possession
Minimum of ten years for any knife crime .
And 15 minimum for assault with ..

Part of the ' socials gangster ' thing is your probably not going away for you're first knife crime ...

 

[RavsFan]

It's not 8 1/2 years.

But it might be, it is a possibility at least

 

[speckyget]

But it might be, it is a possibility at least

They will get out one day, anybody would. They'll be on licence all their lives.

 

[SilentProf]

Show me at any time in history where a 3 year old has murdered someone…. You can’t as they are not physically able to do it.

Thankfully it’s incredibly rare but here you go.

Ziapasa Daughter, 3-Year-Old Murderess – West Virginia, 1906

FULL TEXT: Wheeling W. Va., April 11. – The youngest murderess in the history of this state is the 3-year-old daughter of Michael Ziapas...

unknownmisandry.blogspot.com

 

[SilentProf]

Interestingly here’s a case of an 8 year old from Stockton who completed an 8 year sentence after being found guilty of murder. He had attempted the same crime a year earlier but the child was found and survived. He was caught when trying to lure a third child to the same place the other two were found. He was rehabilitated and learned a trade before being released. I can’t find anything to suggest he committed other crimes after that.

Horrific murder of baby buried alive in Stockton by child killer

A distressing statement recalled how the baby boy had cried 'Mammy' before his killer - a child himself - covered him in rubble

www.gazettelive.co.uk

 

[Expat Smoggie]

UK going the way of the States — not long before you’ll be carrying hand guns or something similar.

 

[Laughing]

I suspect it wouldn't matter what sentence the kids got, it wouldn't be enough for some posters.

It's a pointless argument. We have a judicial system refined over hundreds of years. It's not perfect but it's one of the better implementations of justice anywhere in the world.

 

[Chutney]

There's very little to affirm my faith in human nature more than a discussion on criminal sentencing.

Bravo.