I quoted the BBC site. So roll your eyes at them.Yeah, it's easy to get the nickname 'skullcracker' by robbing stuff.
Michael "Skull Cracker" Wheatley
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Yeah, it's easy to get the nickname 'skullcracker' by robbing stuff.
Apparently he got the name because he always carries an imitation handgun on his robberies which he uses to pistol whip his victims.
Are we 100% sure this isn't Roberto from Futurama?
He'd already served his minimum tariff and he was being prepared for release. This is why he was in an open prison. This is standard procedure.
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Ahh I see Silver. Looks like it's a good thing he did one then because even if he was let free he probably would have committed more crimes anyway.
That's even more shocking.
well robbery and smashing 70 year old ladies heads in....
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Why on earth was someone doing 13 life sentences (for robbery) and 13 concurrent five-year sentences (possessing an imitation firearm) ever in an open prison!?
Why does the phrase life sentence not mean anything anymore?
Got examples of this happening daily? Seems like a freak occurance to me.
Although heads should roll in terms of accountability for the gross error in judgement.
Why on earth was someone doing 13 life sentences (for robbery) and 13 concurrent five-year sentences (possessing an imitation firearm) ever in an open prison!
Why does the phrase life sentence not mean anything anymore?
It's a good question. My cousin was brutally murdered by her partner in a frenzied knife attack at her home three years ago. The judge gave him a 'life' sentence for it with the caveat that he must serve a minimum of twelve and a half years before being considered for parole. Realistically, he could be out in fifteen years as offenders invariably fail their first parole board. Our family were gutted at the sentence and think that calling it a 'life' sentence is a sick joke. Life should mean life.
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I do agree that the way sentences work is the wrong way around. It should be you serve your given sentence as a minimum, and then only get out then with a good record. With time added on for bad behavior whilst serving your sentence.
No, and that's not what I said...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jailed-killers-walking-out-of-prison-1559884
thats 1 every 1.6 days not quite every day but near enough wouldn't you say?
ironic though that his straw man turned out to be true though lol
