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Originally Posted by Mancie
I'm not saying this lot are to blame but they did make a big play on making "life" mean life, but nothing has been done and to say any past government Tory or Labour have been even worse is not true.. I don't blame this government for any murders but to make a life sentence mean life has been law since the 50's.. if this government truly wanted to enforce a life sentence they could.
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Please refer to my last posts, it really does depend on the sentence, if it's an indeterminate sentence for public protection it means that the person can be considered for parole after the determined period, but then if it's decided he might be eligible after meeting stringent criteria he/she can apply, but doesn't mean it will be granted. An indeterminate sentence is really much more serious than a life sentence when the prisoner can just apply after the designated sentence.