Indefinite sentences ‘unlawful’, court rules
Indfependent [UK]
08/01/07
The policy of locking up some prisoners until it is considered safe to free them is in crisis after it was condemned as “arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful” by the High Court. Two inmates, a sex offender and a man convicted of attempted robbery, won a landmark challenge to the system of indeterminate sentences, which have no fixed end-dates.They argued they could not demonstrate their eligibility for release as offending behaviour courses were not provided at the jails where they are held...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2823108.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
08/01/07
The policy of locking up some prisoners until it is considered safe to free them is in crisis after it was condemned as “arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful” by the High Court. Two inmates, a sex offender and a man convicted of attempted robbery, won a landmark challenge to the system of indeterminate sentences, which have no fixed end-dates.They argued they could not demonstrate their eligibility for release as offending behaviour courses were not provided at the jails where they are held...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2823108.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 1. Aug, 10:47
