Criminals
who kill police officers in England and Wales will face compulsory whole life
sentences, Home Secretary Theresa May is to propose.
She will unveil plans for a change
in legislation at the Police Federation conference in Bournemouth.
The current minimum sentence for a
police murder is 30 years.
The Police Federation said: “We
support any move that means a true life sentence will be applied to anyone who
murders a police officer.”
This proposal should be supported but
there is an obvious question that has to be asked, if the government are
planning to introduce a full life sentence for those who kill police officers,
why not make it full life for anyone who kills?
How can you have a system where two
people could commit the exact same crime but because one killed a police
officer they get full life, and because the other killed a civilian they get
whatever the judge decides.
I would like to hear the explanation
as to why the law will change for some and not for others.
No comments:
Post a Comment