Getting back to the actual case, her sentence was probably far too lenient.
Ah yes, abusive relationship etc. I am not doubting that people can be very influenced by such things and I don't think people are necessarily to blame for what they are, but (in the absence of some magic cure) prison sentences should be guided by one practical consideration, the future risk the offender presents to society.
How many could go through the childhoods that Fred and Rose West went through and be any better? Fred West's behaviour also may have been in part due to brain damage due to an accident, again not his fault. However, given what they were for whatever reason, anything other than life sentences would have been insane.
Ah yes, abusive relationship etc. I am not doubting that people can be very influenced by such things and I don't think people are necessarily to blame for what they are, but (in the absence of some magic cure) prison sentences should be guided by one practical consideration, the future risk the offender presents to society.
How many could go through the childhoods that Fred and Rose West went through and be any better? Fred West's behaviour also may have been in part due to brain damage due to an accident, again not his fault. However, given what they were for whatever reason, anything other than life sentences would have been insane.
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