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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Jeremy Bamber wins right to European appeal over whole-life sentence

Jeremy Bamber wins right to European appeal over whole-life sentence

Hearing will decide whether UK law allowing most dangerous offenders to be jailed for life breaches human rights

The convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber and two other life prisoners have won the right to a European appeal over whether they can be kept in jail for the rest of their lives. 

The hearing, in Strasbourg, will test if UK law allowing the most dangerous offenders to be sentenced to whole-life tariffs breaches human rights and amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 

The case, due to go before the grand chamber of the European court of human rights (ECHR) in November, comes after Europe's human rights judges ruled in January that it was not "grossly disproportionate" for Britain's most dangerous and notorious criminals to be imprisoned indefinitely.
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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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