Comments on: Let Biggs rot

By: ali

ali — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:23:53 +0000

Thanks for the comments - I meant that maybe it would be a deterrent to others. A friend of mine recently left went to prison (he was innocent!) - and he said that life was really comfortable in there.

Maybe if criminals knew that there was no chance of coming out after committing a violent crime then they would think twice? I am no authority on this subject, just expressing a thought.

By: Thersites

Thersites — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:54:08 +0000

“Maybe it is vindictive to let them rot, but I think it would be a genuine deterrent.” I doubt if Biggs needs deterring from committing other crimes now.

“Also if Ian Brady suffered multiple strokes should we allow him back into society?” Apart from the fact that there is a considerable difference between the crimes they committed, it is is not proposed to let Biggs back into society, but to let him back into the care of his family.

By: ali

ali — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:30:21 +0000

For me, this is a no brainer, if you commit the crime then you should serve your sentence in full - none of this compassionate release or good behaviour rubbish. Criminals should know that there is no hope of an early release…. Maybe then these thugs would think twice about offending? Liberty should not be subject to your physical or mental health - Criminals take forsake their right to liberty when they execute their crime. Maybe it is vindictive to let them rot, but I think it would be a genuine deterrent.

Also if Ian Brady suffered multiple strokes should we allow him back into society?

By: LeedsLad

LeedsLad — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:17 +0000

Isn’t Jack Straw a thief himself?

By: Thersites

Thersites — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:56 +0000

Given his physical and psyvhological condition is Biggs being punished any more by being imprisoned than by being free? Is life in gaol any worse for him than life itself? Is his present condition no more than his “just deserts” anyway? I don’t think Biggs would be any better off out of prison than in it and at least hos family, who have shpwn loyalty he never deserved, would not be punished for his crimes. The problem is Biggs’s taste for publicity and admiration which stops him facing up to what he has done and which could be more easily supported if he were free. The question of whether Biggs ought to be imprisoned is one thing; I am much more concerned by Jack Straw’s vindictive attitude. There is something repellent in someone who wants to inflict punishment on a man who probably cannot realise he is being punished.