In the end, here in Belgium things are changing too, there is no cry for the death penalty, but because in the last ten years it happened often that convicted murderers or abusers got free and committed another crime.
It was usual practice that most people got released from prison when 1 third of the time was reached, which meant that for a life sentence, it meant 14 years in prison. It changed last year, the one third time isn't automatically given anymore and victims (or family) have to give "advice".
It does affect my emotions too. Today there was such a story, a young child dies in traffic and the parents go at night to the place, because at daytime there were too many people, laying flowers, and they wanted time alone with their daughter.
They are at the place of the accident in the middle of the night and a car passes at high speed. The father is upset and shouts, the car stops, the man steps out goes to the father and slit his throat. The father barely survived.
The attacker was a convicted murder, got life sentence for torturing and murdering someone but was released a few years ago, after having being in prison for 14 years.
I'm not emotionless about that - it made me angry - but I'm glad I am not the one who has to judge.
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Date: 2007-09-21 09:37 pm (UTC)It was usual practice that most people got released from prison when 1 third of the time was reached, which meant that for a life sentence, it meant 14 years in prison. It changed last year, the one third time isn't automatically given anymore and victims (or family) have to give "advice".
It does affect my emotions too. Today there was such a story, a young child dies in traffic and the parents go at night to the place, because at daytime there were too many people, laying flowers, and they wanted time alone with their daughter.
They are at the place of the accident in the middle of the night and a car passes at high speed. The father is upset and shouts, the car stops, the man steps out goes to the father and slit his throat. The father barely survived.
The attacker was a convicted murder, got life sentence for torturing and murdering someone but was released a few years ago, after having being in prison for 14 years.
I'm not emotionless about that - it made me angry - but I'm glad I am not the one who has to judge.