He was given an indeterminate sentence, known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP). This meant that while he could be released after 19 months and 27 days, he could also be jailed for up to 99 years. IPP was first used as a sentence in England and Wales in 2005, having been introduced by Labour in 2003 to detain in prison people who posed a significant risk of causing harm to the public. It was a controversial sentence. Critics said that jailing people for what they could do, rather than what they had done, contradicted the basic principle of justice: that people are innocent until proven guilty.
Yeah, no shit. Jesus Fucking Christ.
Holy shit.
So basically anyone who is deemed enough of a nuisance can be indefinitely locked up?
I can almost understand the idea when applied to extremely dangerous individuals. There should absolutely be some kind of separate system for people who are too dangerous to be able to reintegrate into society.
A one size fits all justice system is a terrible way to run a society
That is called “life in prison without the chance for parole,” at least in the US.
It’s called “Three strikes you’re out” in some states. Commit three crimes of any severity and go away for a long time.
In most cases, though, you can get those individuals on actual charges. People aren’t usually violent completely out of the blue and a suspicion of future violence might come from prior acts of violence or securing materials for mass violence (like building explosive devices)…
The rationale for detaining someone for public safety is almost always coming from prior acts that we have laws for. We should force law enforcement to actually use those laws since they’ll have a burden of proof to enact enforcement… the IPP loophole is awful because it leaves no legal recourse - there was no trial you can appeal or at least argue against.
It’s definitely a fucked up sentence and he should have been released by now, but this headline is very misleading. He didn’t get arrested for “stealing a cigarette”, he got arrested for strong arm robbery. He was also a repeat offender who had previously been arrested for assault and theft. He for sure needed to go to jail, just not indefinitely
Yes he punched for being a racist bigot.
Do racist bigots deserve a good punch in the nose? Sure they do! Can we just walk around punching everyone who makes us mad though? No. That would result in everyone getting punched twice a day at least
Yes, because it’s an only way racist bigots learn.
Hitler is a prime example, he was imprisoned and went back to his party after his release.
We see the same thing with hate group leaders being arrested and going back to their movements after release.
This guy didn’t go to jail for punching Hitler, he tried to mug some dude for cigarettes.
Cool, cool… So I can just punch anyone in the face I want as long as you think they’re a bad person? I’ll make sure to tell that to the police when I get arrested 🙄
This logic works well until someone stumbles along with the opinion that QuantumSpecter is a racist bigot and a clenched fist.
He’s in prison for threatening to beat someone he was trying to rob.
Sounds a bit like the UKs version of a “3 strikes” law to allow longer sentences for habitual criminals.
Imprisonment for public protection was abolition in 2012 because it was being overused there are currently over 2500 people locked up whose sentences ended over 10 years ago.
Sounds like he needs to petition for resentencing.
When the headline is inaccurate, it undermines the whole article.
