Triple killer will die in prison
"A convicted killer who murdered the parents and brother of a bride hours after her wedding will die in prison after a judge rejected his appeal bid.
Arthur Hutchinson was given a life sentence for stabbing to death Basil Laitner, wife Avril and son Richard at their home in Dore, Sheffield.
Reviewing the case a High Court judge ruled the 66-year-old must remain in prison for life for his 1984 crimes.
He is one a small number of UK killers with a "life means life" tariff".
I cannot help wondering if all of this is not just simply reintroducing capital punishment via the back door?
He deserves to stay in prison for the rest of his natural life. According to the article he was on the run from the police for a previous rape. To spend the rest of his life in jail is nothing less than what he should get.
ReplyDelete"I cannot help wondering if all of this is not just simply reintroducing capital punishment via the back door?" Back door or front door all the same to me, best he stay in prison until he dies. Big difference between this and capital punishment is that if we find we have made a mistake, we can at least say we're sorry.
ReplyDeleteMike.