Thugs get off scot free

[klondike]

And regarding the so-called 'Life Sentence',   why are they even allowed to call it that, when it is never usually anywhere near a life sentence?   

It's called a life sentence because it never fully clears - they are released on licence when the the parole board decides that they can be but they can be recalled. For instance Jon Venables was recalled.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-42095074