good news

[wonder years]

what briil news that double jepordy killer got 17 years pity he will come out at all god bless julies mam whos campained for this law to be changed and billy dunlop hope you rot in hell !!!!!!

[Catso]

Well, at the risk of a sea of flames, I have to say I'm not so ecstatic.

I think it is a cause for concern that an 800-year old law, which has - overall - worked well for that period, and served us well, is overturned on the basis of one emotive case and a one-woman pressure group.

I can see this change being very useful to a government who wants to put away trouble-makers EG whistle-blowers whom it is having trouble getting the courts to convict; loners/wierdos the public is convinced is guilty EG Colin Stagg.

A better solution, IMHO, would be to have changed the laws on perjury, to make the penalties much more flexible, and to be in line with the offence/accusation the perjury was made over. IE in this case, the penalty upon conviction of perjury would have been life.

[jenstar]

Have to agree with Catso.