Whole Life Terms For People Convicted Of The Murder Of Police Officers...

[sandyRoe]

This is a proposal from the Home Secretary, Theresa May. While such a crime is heinous should it really attract a longer sentence than that handed down for the murder of a child?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22534665

[giveup]

No.

[marval]

No, just because it is a cop killed does not mean it should be a difference sentence. All sentences for killing should be a long one.

[Sqad]

Yes......I agree with the lady.

"Whole life" means different lengths of time for different people as it stands at the moment,but for killing a law enforcement officer it should be "whole life".

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1242841.html

[jno]

there's a thread on this on News

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1242841.html

wherein the answer seems to be "no".

[Old_Geezer]

Yet another example to show me that I'm not important. Kill a policement and you get life. Kill a nurse or a postman or a firman or ..... well the rest of us don't count for so much obviously.

[jno]

too true, kill an Old Geezer and you get three weeks in an open prison.

[baza]

you get found guilty of murder, no matter what their occupation, then life should mean life not 15 years and out in ten minutes, imo.

[Sharingan]

No occupation should have nothing to do with it. What should have something to do with it is when someone murders someone particularly vulnerable like a child or a very elderly person, or someone disabled that cannot fight back. A police officer in the prime of life who has taken on a dangerous job really ought not to get more consideration than the rest of us.

[joeluke]

No

Both crimes should carry the death penalty

[jno]

a warning not to do it again, Steve? Or a warning not to do it more than 600 times again?

[jim360]

Politicians are people too... just about. Perhaps something like this would be appropriate?