Labour’s early-release scheme has already freed more than 26,000 criminals – including hundreds of serious offenders serving over a decade. The Mail has the story.
Astonishing figures for the soft-justice programme suggest 45,000 could have their sentences cut in its first year.
For the first time it can be revealed that 248 convicts sentenced to 14 years or more have already been let out, despite the seriousness of their offending and the severity of their punishment.
Under the scheme, a criminal given 14 years by a court will serve just five and a half years.
In addition, 490 criminals handed between ten and 14 years have been freed early under the programme, as have almost 1,000 who were handed terms of between seven and ten years, according to the Ministry of Justice figures.
On average, 3,500 criminals a month are released – or more than 150 each working day.
It means the total is already likely to have hit 40,000, when projected figures for April to August are taken into account.
By the time the programme has been running for a full year the total is likely to hit an estimated 44,785 at current rates. …
After the scheme began, 3,785 were freed in September and 5,366 in October, which included backdated releases.
Since then, an average 3,461 a month have been let out early – 26,456 in all. …
The scheme allows offenders to be freed after serving 40% of their sentence rather than the previous 50%. …
Ms Mahmood is drawing up new soft-justice measures that could allow even greater sentence discounts – including for killers and rapists. Tens of thousands of other criminals would dodge jail altogether.
Under the plan, published in May, courts will no longer impose jail terms of less than 12 months other than in “exceptional circumstances”.
Criminals convicted of serious violence or sex offences would be freed after half their term, rather than the current three-quarters point.
This lower automatic release date would apply to offenders convicted of “rape, manslaughter, soliciting murder, attempted murder and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm”.
Stop Press: To flood the streets of Britain’s towns and cities with 3,000 criminals a month isn’t overflow, says Philip Flower in the Mail– it’s a tidal wave.
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So what is the point of ‘Justice’ if we live in a dictatorial police state?