jimicus t1_jcxh70t wrote
Reply to comment by TocTheElder in British man deported to Jamaica launches action against Home Office | Richard Wallace wrongly classed as Jamaican and deported after serving murder sentence, despite having been born in London by kwentongskyblue
Legally, there's no such thing as a spent conviction as far as this chap's concerned. He committed murder.
However - big "however" - most killers aren't as dangerous to society at large as you'd believe.
More often than not, it's a spur-of-the-moment, "oh my god what have I done?" thing which they never repeat when they get out.
The unrepentant serial killers of this world are relatively rare.
IsoNeko t1_jcxl3zr wrote
This wasn't a spur of the moment, it was a robbery turned murder with a gun. I of course don't need to explain the difficulties in getting a firearm in the UK, but it's clear this wasn't just something that 'happened'.
He then snuck into the back of a fast food place, took a hostage while robbing them of money/jewellery, and then shot a guy in the head twice.
Reformed or not, 19+2 years in prison is still 19+2+x more years than the murdered man had.
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