Minor point of interest (to me, anyway): The sentence might be the longest (or, if not, is certainly one of) the longest sentences in modern British history, short of a Whole Life Order. It has already been criticised by a cabinet minister as not long enough. The politics, aside from expressing the outrage of the public at the offences, is I think to stress the toughness of the government on crime while at the same time it's trying to reduce the increase in the prison population. It'll be interesting to see if there's a larger discourse around longer sentences for very serious offenders now, not least on the basis that prison doesn't do much in the way of rehabilitation while the public is protected in the meantime. That *could* go hand in hand with a discourse about the increased risk to the public presented by people who do short sentences but upon release present a greater risk to the public than had they received a suspended sentence or a diversion.
Minor point of interest (to me, anyway): The sentence might be the longest (or, if not, is certainly one of) the longest sentences in modern British history, short of a Whole Life Order. It has already been criticised by a cabinet minister as not long enough. The politics, aside from expressing the outrage of the public at the offences, is I think to stress the toughness of the government on crime while at the same time it's trying to reduce the increase in the prison population. It'll be interesting to see if there's a larger discourse around longer sentences for very serious offenders now, not least on the basis that prison doesn't do much in the way of rehabilitation while the public is protected in the meantime. That *could* go hand in hand with a discourse about the increased risk to the public presented by people who do short sentences but upon release present a greater risk to the public than had they received a suspended sentence or a diversion.
Thanks. Was it a cabinet minister or a shadow cabinet member?
John Healey. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/john-healey-southport-britain-parliament-sky-news-b2685619.html
Thank you. I didn't read that as criticism. I saw it as merely a statement of the UK's international obligations.
What happens when monarchs die to those detained under their pleasure?
Nothing.