Capital Punishment within the Criminal Justice System
By Max Musson: Sometimes murders take place in circumstances where, as a casual observer, the evidence used to convict the killer does not always appear compelling, and on such occasions it seems right to us that a long jail sentence is the most appropriate remedy so that should additional evidence come to light casting doubt on the original conviction, the case can be re-examined and the convicted person set free if the conviction is subsequently…
Will 169 More People Die?
By Max Musson: As paedophile Mark Bridger goes to prison to serve a life sentence for the murder of five year old April Jones, the question we should now be asking ourselves, is how many more deaths will Mark Bridger’s imprisonment cause before his life comes to an end? Bridger was sentenced to a ‘whole life’ prison term and while opponents of capital punishment may feel that this is a just and fitting end to this…