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See you, you ****. I'll cut you first...
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Sutcliffe and Jaqui Smith. Why not put them both in a sealed room, throw in some DIY equipment, remove his meds, pipe in some ethereal God-like suggestions, and let them discuss it.
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I wonder why they didn't keep a couple of the murders on file. Might not have been so good for the relatives of those victims at the time but if the authorities had, he could be charged with further counts of murder now.Comment
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As long as he's banned from all tool shops I'm sure it will be fine. I'd certainly feel safe walking home at night.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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I’ll certainly stop wearing my split leather mini skirt.
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Is this jow they intend to cut down on the levels of prostitution - seems pretty extreme to me. Shame Shipman is dead he could have reduced the pension payments also.Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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Yet another example of how the Press manipulate words to create a false impression that helps them to make money. Luckily, the handbaggers of General assist them by failing to quote so much as the full headline correctly, and giving the Telegraph the link it craves as it attempts to build a new business model around search engine rankings.
Sutcliffe is in a hospital, rather than in a prison, for medical reasons. If it is, in fact, the case that there are no longer any medical grounds for keeping him in hospital, he will be returned to prison. At that point he will be eligible to apply to the Parole Board for consideration for parole - although this doesn't in any way suggest that he would ever be granted parole.
But by using the word "freed" in the headline, rather than "discharged" (which is the word normally used when somebody leaves a hospital after treatment), the Press manage to get people all excited over a non-story.
I don't suppose many people even understand the difference between Sutcliffe being held in a secure hospital or a prison. In fact most probably don't even realise that Broadmoor isn't a prison.
Headline: "Convict will be returned to prison when discharged from hospital."
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It does raise a question though... IF he could be considered safe to society should he be freed? Is prison there to punish those who commit crimes, or to protect the public from those who pose a threat? Though locking a 17-year-old up in prison is unlikely to rehabilitate them (much more likely the opposite IMO), what should happen in the case that someone does genuinely change? Of course anyone with emotional attachment to a particular case will be likely to view a prison sentience as punishment/vengeance, but from an academic standpoint what is SUPPOSED to happen in such cases?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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