Nick Hardwick Resigns...

Togo | 09:27 Wed 28th Mar 2018 | News

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Before he is pushed?

//The chairman of the Parole Board has reportedly resigned just minutes before a decision is due in the case of black cab rapist John Worboys.
Professor Nick Hardwick was appointed chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales in March 2016.
But it emerged he is to stand down on the day a decision is announced in the case of serial rapist John Worboys, who the Parole Board decided should be freed in a controversial decision earlier this year.//

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5553189/Parole-Board-chairman-forced-resign-ahead-Worboys-ruling.html

A Step In The Right Direction?

Good To See The High Court Doing Its Job!

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The government has an ideal opportunity following the Warboys case and the resignation of Mr Hardwicke – abolish the Parole Board. To achieve this it needs to legislate to abolish so-called “Life” sentences (the biggest misnomer of modern times). They then need to ensure that those convicted are handed determinate sentences (including "Whole...

09:50 Wed 28th Mar 2018

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Togo

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// I didn't say that they get it right every time, or in this case, within a galaxy of being right!!! //

Errr... they never get it right. It appears that they get it deliberately wrong every time. The only praise suitable for the parole board is that they are consistent.

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The good thing that has come out of this dreadful situation is the wholesale re-assessment of the Parole Board moving forward, which has to be a good thing for everyone involved.

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