"You could at least quote the whole sentence,"
Wasn't referring to you specifically Smokey - it seems a widespread opinion that they should never have been let out, nor Mary Bell for that matter.
Releasing a criminal who has been sentenced for a violent crime is always a risk, whether they had served their sentence in full or been released on appeal.
In this case they were released on licence on reaching 18, as the law demands.
Incarcerating them indefinitely is not only contrary to British law, but also would leave any government open to charges of contravening the statute of human rights.
As they were 10 year old children at the time of the crime it would also be inhuman in my opinion.
Still no reference to them being children I see.
I wonder if Silas could explain how an execution of a child should take place - would he be preaperd to carry it out himself or would he expect somebody else to do it on his behalf?
As a child of that age would be unlikely to break its neck when reaching the end of a drop, should it be left to strangle to death or would somebody have to pull the legs until it died.
Or maybe a weight could be added to its feet, with the risk of tearing the child's head off!!
Something to think about, doncha think??
Jim Carroll