[Jack_]

Originally Posted by jedward fever

I don't care how the bitch gets treated tbh,I just don't think the Government should be protecting her,afterall she didn't protect her children so why anybody would care what happens to her is shocking.

Because, let me explain:

1) Okay...say we just allow vigilantes to step in, and I don't know, murder her? Along the way many other innocent bystanders are injured, or even killed. Now without even going any further, her children are already left without a mother, and to be honest, I don't think that's something anyone should take away from them, no matter how she treated them. We of course don't know how they feel about her.

2) By allowing such action, you are promoting and enticing violence. Oh hey...look, a criminal has just been released, come beat them up, bring some knives and we'll kill the bitch! Loads of people turn up, exercise their quite worrying need for violence, and everybody acts like they're baying for blood, like it's some bear pit or something. Quite barbaric when you put it like that really. People see this as 'okay', and they think they can take the law into their own hands, and so levels of violence rise, people accused of crimes (not convicted) end up being attacked, and violent crimes in general rise, because this is seen as an 'okay' thing to do. Instead of it being frowned upon, it is essentially promoted. Not good.

3) Two wrongs just don't make a right. It's hypocritical.

Originally Posted by joeysteele

However Jack, she hasn't done 8 years in prison though, in fact from sentencing for the crime she has done just over 3.

Ah, I see. That makes sense now. I admit I didn't read the article in full, and when I saw the '8 years' I did think to myself 'has it really been that long?!', so in which case I understand the concerns here now, and as such I'm in agreement that she has been released too early.

That still doesn't excuse screams and wails for vigilante action though. It doesn't solve anything, it makes matters worse.