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

[Mups]

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

Oh I see.  Thanks.
I still think it needs to be updated now though.
For example, how can they say a child pervert can be let out early on 'good behavour'? 
There are no little kids in prison to tempt him are there,  so of course he has been  'good!' 

Same as repeat rapists.   They aren't going to get many opportunity's to rape women in a mens jail, are they?
BTW,  I do believe repeat rapists  must be castrated too,  because I don't think they can change.  
It might also be a good deterrent if they knew they were going to lost their bits, don't you think?

[Ashy]

So does that acquittal mean they can't now be charged with attempted murder?

I'm no legal expert but as I recall, Blair removed the protection of double jeopardy, so maybe.

" ...the double jeopardy law was partially abolished in England and Wales by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Scotland followed in 2011).
This meant that in "very limited" circumstances, such as when "new and compelling evidence" emerges, a person who was acquitted of a crime can now be investigated and put on trial again." - The Northern Echo

[klondike]

In this case we  aren't talking about "new compelling evidence" though just the jury deciding there wasn't the evidence to support the main charge. If there is a murder charge there is usually a backup option of manslaughter. Maybe attempted murder was in as backup and one they couldn't reach a verdict on. 

I've become less and less interested in current affairs as any reading of news sites is so damned depressing these days. The consequence being I never read these stories either.