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Originally Posted by carlingman
The law is an ass as they say.
The Judge acted in accordance with guidelines, as he must give a third off for a guilty plea and all criminals serving a determinate sentence are eligible for parole after half their time in jail.
Although on the plus side as a life sentence is the highest sanction a court can give he cannot be released until the parole board are satisfied he does not pose a danger.
In this case the judge determined the notional sentence as 18 years, cut it in half to reach the actual sentence and then he was obliged cut this by a further third in view of the guilty plea and then take of the 157 days he had already spent on remand.
F in stinks but the law is an ass.
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Notice how Labour (who introduced the guidlines) are trying to blame the judges!