The Scottish Tories have called on Scotland’s other parties to back whole life sentences.Currently, judges in Scotland have to provide a minimum term to be served in prison before an offender can be released when handing down a life sentence.
But Tory MSP Russell Findlay has said “life should mean life” for the most dangerous criminals in the country, pointing to the recent whole life sentence given to the murderer of Sarah Everard. “It is entirely right for a judge to have the power to impose a whole life sentence on the police officer who murdered Sarah Everard, meaning that he will never be released,” Findlay said. “If a similar crime occurred in Scotland, a judge would not be allowed to make the same decision.“Life really should mean
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