Politics and Compassion
An early release for the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing would be a travesty of justice and an appalling betrayal of the victims
Prisoners in Britain are not routinely released on compassionate grounds.
That statement is not true as can be seen from the table below showing releases on compassionate grounds for fixed and indeterminate sentence prisoners over the last 5 years.
Determinate sentenced prisoners
Fixed-term prisoners
2004 4
2005 11
2006 7
2007 5
2008 7
Total 34
Indeterminate sentenced prisoners
Number
2004-05 4
2005-06 2
2006-07 2
2007-08 4
2008-09 2
Total 14
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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