The British legal system is ridiculously lenient when it comes to the handing out and serving of sentences.
Don’t be surprised if this joker is out in a few years and back in trouble soon after.
He murder’s a pensioner, serves fifteen years, is out for less than a year, kills again and gets eight years. He’ll probably serve about four.
You can already hear the do-gooders saying ‘the best thing for everbody is to get him back into society as soon as possible’.
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Judges here are the criminals friend, especially if you’re a repeat and violent offender.
A life sentence means about fourteen years,if that.
I used to work in the criminal record office at Scotland Yard for about 3 years and have read thousands of criminal files.
What has been stated above is totally true. You wouldn’t believe the way sentences get reduced. Here’s one thing you probably don’t know. When a criminal gets caught the police do a deal to help their ‘clear up rate’. If he confesses to his other crimes they will be ‘taken into consideration’ and put in the ‘cleared up’ file…no need for furthur investigation, with the criminal getting a slap on the wrist for being a naughty boy and admitting it. Seriously I’ve cases where the guy has done 3 burglaries and 25 ‘t.i.c.s’.
Also seen criminal records where a severe repeat offender has been given probation, conditional discharge for 2 years, 6 months in jail ( 4 cases concurrent ) at consecutive appearances in court. The cops are at their wits end. Imagine capturing a repeat offender and having a judge give him probation for 2 years for 5 auto thefts, then when he breaches that gets a $50 fine and ‘Back To Go’.
Yes Britain is the place if you’re a criminal.
Nick, I can’t believe we didn’t talk about this more when you were in Eugene. Give me those diamonds! What do you think they’d do to me if they caught an american gal robbing a bank or a jewelry store? Problem is, I’m only interested in the heist, I’m not interested in moving the goods afterwards. Maybe instead of clearing out the place, I could just take one nice ring. I guess I’ll just calm my desires by watching Heat.
Are most Brits generous to a fault, or only judges? This might be just the place for me to take up a criminal apprenticeship. I’ve always wanted to be taken under a thief’s wing. Or maybe they’re only easy with murderer’s. I hope not, it doesn’t interest me as much.