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Osem · 26-04-2008, 10:25

Surely manslaughter implies accidental or unintended death and I find it very hard to see how this could have been consisdered that. What did they think would happen to this lad? They may not have set out to deliberately kill him but, given the awful circumstances and such a protracted and deliberate assault, I think a much tougher sentence should have been handed down. If there are degrees of manslaughter then surely this sort of thing is among the worst possible.

"Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" - if ever there was an indictment of Bliar's legacy and an example of how his cynical spin triumphed over substance then this is it!

If I were the victim's parent I'd have the words "A victim of Blair's New Labour" engraved on my poor child's headstone.

26-04-2008, 10:25	#38
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" Surely manslaughter implies accidental or unintended death and I find it very hard to see how this could have been consisdered that. What did they think would happen to this lad? They may not have set out to deliberately kill him but, given the awful circumstances and such a protracted and deliberate assault, I think a much tougher sentence should have been handed down. If there are degrees of manslaughter then surely this sort of thing is among the worst possible. "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" - if ever there was an indictment of Bliar's legacy and an example of how his cynical spin triumphed over substance then this is it! If I were the victim's parent I'd have the words "A victim of Blair's New Labour" engraved on my poor child's headstone.