What do I think about it? I have no opinion because i know absolutely hee haw about the case however I can see he was not executed so the system obviously works. Try giving me examples of people who WERE executed and PROVEN without doubt to have been wholly innocent. You will have a long search. Plenty of serial killers have been executed so you either agree with the death penalty in principle or you don't, if you don't then naturally you think Gacy, Bundy and others should have been spared the death penalty! A simple yes or no question.
The "Better one guilty man should go free than one innocent man hanged" argument. Nearly 30 convicted killers released from jail over the past 10 years have gone on to kill again, according to Home Office figures released yesterday. Twenty-five of them were convicted in courts for the second homicide — including 21 murders. A further four suspects in second homicide cases who had previous convictions died or committed suicide before they could be brought to justice. The figures, from 1995 to last year, include seven double murderers, suggesting that all or most of the seven claimed a second victim while on licence after being freed from a mandatory life sentence for the previous murder. An eighth convicted murderer went on to commit manslaughter. The disclosure that murderers are being freed to kill again, despite a regime of supposed tight monitoring by probation, will come as a further embarrassment to John Reid, the Home Secretary, at a time of controversy over the potential release of prisoners to ease the jails crisis. A total of 14 people committed manslaughter first and then were subsequently found guilty of murder. Three previously jailed for manslaughter committed a second manslaughter. The figures reveal that three people were "serving a custodial sentence" when they were convicted of the second homicide offence — believed to refer to prison killings. It is unclear what type of homicide the prison killings were, or whether they included any of the previously convicted murderers. The statistics are included in a Home Office publication — "Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2005/2006" — which showed that there were 766 deaths initially recorded as homicides in England and Wales in the year. This was an overall fall of nine per cent on the previous year and, if the 52 victims of the July 7 bombings are taken out, it would represent a fall of about 15 per cent. A total of 67 per cent of homicide victims were male and the most common method of killing, at 28 per cent, involved a sharp instrument, including knives. There were 50 shooting victims. Female victims were more likely to be killed by someone they knew: 54 per cent of women knew the main suspect compared to 38 per cent of male victims. Sixty-seven per cent of victims aged under 16 knew the main suspect. Overall, the risk of being a victim of homicide was 14 per million of population. Children under one year old were the age group most at risk, at 38 per million of population. The issue of killers being released to strike again was highlighted yesterday when it emerged that the Probation Service had begun an internal inquiry after a murderer released on life licence killed a care worker before hanging himself. Shaun Clarke, 45, was found dead in woodland near Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, on Monday shortly after 30-year-old Donna Wilson died in hospital from stab wounds. Staffordshire Probation Service confirmed that Clarke was sentenced to life imprisonment at Leeds Crown Court on Sept 12, 1987. He was then in different jails before being transferred to Sudbury open prison in Derbyshire in July 2000. He was freed on life licence in May 2003 and settled in Burton. A Probation Service spokesman said: "Clarke was subject to life licence from release from prison and had complied with the requirements of the licence. The Probation Service is undertaking an internal inquiry." It also emerged that Miss Wilson, who was stabbed at her home in Burton on Sunday, had reported Clarke to the police a week before her death, alleging assault and theft. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1540632/Convicted-murderers-who-were-set-free-to-kill.html
Over 30 killers killed again after being freed from prison between 2000/1 and 2010/11, statistics show. Figures released by the Home Office show 29 people with homicide convictions went on to commit murder and six went on to commit manslaughter. Of those 29 murderers, 13 previously committed murder and 16 manslaughter. The government says it does all it can to protect the public from offenders "but sadly risk can never be eliminated entirely". One prisoner killed again while still in jail for killing his first victim, the Home Office report said. The report comes as the number of killings police recorded in England and Wales rose to 636 in the 12 months to March 2011, up from 608 the previous year. Of those killed, two-thirds were men. A total of 60 were shot - including two by a crossbow - and 232 people were killed by a sharp instrument. More than three-quarters of women knew the main suspect in the murder, compared with just over half of men. Elsewhere, police figures released on Thursday show overall crime in England and Wales fell by 4% in the year to September 2011. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said the decision to release life sentence prisoners "is solely for the Independent Parole Board". The spokesman continued: "Life sentence prisoners remain on licence for the rest of their lives and are liable to be recalled to custody if they show evidence of increasing risk of serious harm to the public. "The most serious sexual and violent offenders are also managed under the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). Under MAPPA, the police, probation and prison services are required to work together to assess and manage the higher risk offenders. "We do everything we can to ensure that the public is protected from offenders but sadly risk can never be eliminated entirely."
Well I know quite a bit about the case and he was wholly innocent and was going to be killed for a crime he didn't commit. How can you see how he wasn't executed? I don't know what you mean.
"was on death row for 20 years until DNA evidence cleared him of any involvement". That's what you said? He was cleared?
So should the Yanks have locked up Gacy and Bundy for life? Would that have given comfort to the Victim's families? and are they in the wrong for wanting venegeance?
Well technically he wasn't cleared. He and his 2 fellow accused entered a silly plea bargain which they never wanted to do but they had to to get Echols off death row. They are still working on clearing their names officially
I would want vengeance but that doesn't make it right. Solitary confinement for life would be good enough
And you would still feel that way if one of your friends/family was a victim of a serial killer/murderer? I know I wouldn't.
I would be happy if I knew they were in a cell with a bed and a bucket for the rest of their life but unfortunately that's not the case these days is it? British justice is a ****ing joke.
