Yorkshire Ripper believes he should be let free
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/14/ukcrime.law
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The Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe believes his human rights have been disregarded because he wasn't given a fixed sentence for his conviction of 13 murders, and 7 attempted murders.
Sutcliffe terrorized the communities of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, and Manchester between 1975 and 1980, baffling police who couldn't catch him. When he was finally caught his defense pleaded insanity but the jury saw through this and gave him 20 life sentences.
Today, a team from London who deal with civil liberties is to call into question Sutcliffe's human rights, and whether he should have set a fixed term.
A statement on the case on Bindmans & Partners' website said: "The secretary of state is in breach of article five of the ECHR (European court of human rights) in failing to set a tariff."
Sutcliffe, now 61, began his sentence in prison but was diagnosed with schizophrenia three years later and transferred to the Broadmoor high security mental hospital.
The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said she could not see how Sutcliffe could be freed.
"I find it hard to imagine circumstances in which he should be, but that is something that needs to be considered on the basis of the facts," she told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Top of my list of priorities, I have to say, is not Peter Sutcliffe's rights - it's the rights of those people who were his victims, and how we keep this country safe."
I can only echo Smith's comments and add that anyone who commits such atrocities should not only be able to complain about human rights, but should have them revoked completelys
Sutcliffe terrorized the communities of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, and Manchester between 1975 and 1980, baffling police who couldn't catch him. When he was finally caught his defense pleaded insanity but the jury saw through this and gave him 20 life sentences.
Today, a team from London who deal with civil liberties is to call into question Sutcliffe's human rights, and whether he should have set a fixed term.
A statement on the case on Bindmans & Partners' website said: "The secretary of state is in breach of article five of the ECHR (European court of human rights) in failing to set a tariff."
Sutcliffe, now 61, began his sentence in prison but was diagnosed with schizophrenia three years later and transferred to the Broadmoor high security mental hospital.
The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said she could not see how Sutcliffe could be freed.
"I find it hard to imagine circumstances in which he should be, but that is something that needs to be considered on the basis of the facts," she told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Top of my list of priorities, I have to say, is not Peter Sutcliffe's rights - it's the rights of those people who were his victims, and how we keep this country safe."
I can only echo Smith's comments and add that anyone who commits such atrocities should not only be able to complain about human rights, but should have them revoked completelys
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suzybabe
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maybe they should put him in room with victims' families an let them deal with him.
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suzybabe
