Originally posted by MinnesotaKid@Aug 19 2002, 06:23 AM
Gee, thought that only happened in the US. I prefer death to convicted murderers. No chance then of a "Repeat Offender"!
I think kids have been getting kidnapped and killed for decades. We just hear more about them now. I don't know what the answer is. Truth in sentencing? YES. You get 12 years, you serve 12 years. Time off for GOOD behavior. Screw that! I saw we add time for BAD behavior. And no cable tv, video games, and all that crap in prison. Time should be hard. Not a fricking vacation!
But you know, I don't know all the details of the case in the UK, but I can't tell you how many times I've been at Wal-Mart or wherever and see parents leave their kids unattended in the store or in the family car waiting for mommy and daddy. Or at a playground or countless other places.
We can't wait and hope that our governments will do more to protect our kids. Take care of your own. We live in a dangerous world and it ain't gonna get any better. There will always be Bad Guys. Don't take your family's safety for granted. Ever! Not Ever!!![/quote]
Another annoying thing that has started happening over here in the UK, in the past if a prisoner misbehaved in prison the prison govenor could increase the prisoners sentence as punishment.
But guess what, the Euro politicians in Brussels say that this is against the prisoners human rights, so the prisoners have started suing the goverment for adding time to their sentences.
Recently a drug pusher was GIVEN £12,000 for misbehaveing in prison!
Who says crime does not pay?
My condolences go out to Holly's and Jessica's familes at this difficult time.