What about those who reoffend after being released early? I read a lot of stories about murderers/rapists/paedos who do some of their time, get out early and go do the same damn thing again. How often does that have to happen before you get something like a "three strikes and you're dead" rule? Is that being too reactionary?
Don't forget: I come from the country where we could have had ten innocent people executed by the British for crimes they categorically did not commit were the death penalty still in force there. I'm never sure how I stand on this issue. It's too late to say sorry when someone is proven innocent if you've hanged, electrocuted or shot or injected them, but it's also equally too late to apologise to the person who becomes the next victim of the guy you could have executed instead of imprisoning him for "life", which often does not mean what it says.
Surely at the very least, early or any parole should be denied someone imprisoned for murder/rape?
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