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I need some help here as I obviously don’t understand the meaning of life.
The BBC reports tonight on the jailing of 4 paedophiles who wrote an advert on a toilet door of a train seeking young girls for sex. They don’t seem to have been jailed for this but for other sex offences unearthed as a result of the investigation into the message.
One was sentenced to six life sentences and told he would not be eligible for parole until after at least 12 years. The second received a life term, with a minimum tariff of 10 years. A third was given a life term with a minimum of four years imprisonment.
Can anyone explain to me how four years constitutes a ‘life term’? Or, for that matter 10 or 12 years – yet alone how 12 years equates to 6 life sentences? I’m being serious here – I don’t get it.
Andy,
On the subject of life sentences.
I read something on this a few years back. In the days when we had the death penalty the average ‘life sentence’ served by someone who had had their death sentence commuted was around 12 to 14 years and this then became the standard for ‘life sentences’ when the death penalty was abolished. It has subsequently changed a lot since then but even so 4 years!?
The only good thing is that the sentence remains in force for life. They will only be released on licence and could be returned to prison should they break the terms of the licence or reoffend.
BTW: Thanks for airing the dentist pic!
Take care!
Mike