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Originally Posted by chezlaw
If we mean without the possibility of release then yes I'm really against
Maybe some people, should never be released but that's different.
In UK law there is always a possibility of release on compassionate grounds, which is why UK whole-life terms are acceptable under the European Convention as presently interpreted by the ECHR.
There have been a few notorious cases of lifers released on licence who have promptly re-offended and had to be recalled to prison.
If you grant that 'some people should never be released' (and Ian Brady would be an obvious example, and, despite the naive views of Lord Longford, who I once ran into in the cloakroom at the Reform Club while collecting my coat, Myra Hindley would probably be another example) I'm not sure why that's 'different'.