• fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    22 and 20 years, not sure where “life sentences” came from

      • bigbluealien@kbin.social
        11·
        1 year ago

        They’ll be on parole for life if released after the minimum sentence and there’s no guarantee they get released after the minimum sentence but the burden of proof would then be on them still being a risk, there’s a handful of prisoners (maybe most famously Charles Bronson) who never get released

    • LargoData@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      10·
      1 year ago

      In the UK we have minimum terms. Basically the life sentence stands and if released on parole (after the minimum term) then they will be on licence which means they can be returned to prison at any time if it is believed they present a danger in general or break the terms of their licence, without trial.

      We do have whole life terms but they are reserved for the most serious murders, such as serial killers

  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
    15·
    1 year ago

    Well that was a depressing read. My heart goes out to all of the families.

    • crapwittyname@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 year ago

      These particular killers seem to want the fame/infamy. Keeping them anonymous is actually a worse punishment for them.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    6·
    1 year ago

    driven by his transphobia, eh?

    thank goodness he lived in the uk where the media, both major political parties, and a certain authorwerent also driven by transphobia… cause that would be bad