In the Netherlands 2/3th of your sentence has to have been served before you can qualify for parole.
In the US, I hear it differs between federal prisons and other prisons.
Here in Belgium we look up to the US legislation.
Murder in the US means life sentence or execution in a lot of cases.
Here in Belgium a murderer is convicted to serve 30 years and he has to only serve 1/3th of that according to “ de wet Lejeune “.
Dutroux, the famous child murderer, was convicted to serve 110 years. After 15 years of prison time he was granted permission to request parole. It’s been 22 years since he was arrested for the horrible child murders and rapes he committed and fortunately until now his requests to be liberated conditionally, were all rejected. But his new lawyer has said he will make it his life task to have Dutroux liberated before 2021. He will have served 25 years by then.
For 4 child murders with rape, 2 kidnappings with rape, and the murder on his companion.
He will be 63 by then. Young enough to start again.
Dutroux has studied law in prison. Unfortunately he abuses his legal studies to be liberated early.
This person still has no sense of guilt for what he did. Still no remorses. And he will be in liberty in a few years from now.
Wouldn’t execution like in the US be cheaper for people like that?
Why paying their housing and food with tax payers money?
When a lethal injection is cheaper and more efficient?
Are you in favor of parole for murderers?
I personally am not.
Execution sounds best in my opinion. Cheap and efficient.
Someone who voluntarily took someone’s life without a motive of self-defense or defense of his loved ones, is a dangerous psychopathic person who will never be able to show compassion or remorse. Why should we keep someone like that alive when it costs us too much money that could be used for more useful projects like cancer research,... for people who actually deserve the money?
What is your opinion on parole for murderers?
PS : I put this topic under science and philosophy because law is a recognised science with philosophical and rhetoric influences.
Edited by
ElissaIsTrans
on Tue 07/03/18 06:59 PM