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submitted 9 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Justice Amanda Yip lifted the reporting restrictions on naming the killers of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey. They were identified at Manchester Crown Court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe.

The horrific murder shocked the nation. Ghey was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in broad daylight after being lured to a park in the town of Warrington on Feb. 11, 2023.

Yip handed Ratcliffe and Jenkinson a mandatory life sentence, and ordered them to serve a minimum term of 20 and 22 years, respectively, before they could be eligible for parole. If they had been adults — over the age of 18 — they would have faced much longer minimum terms. They will be transferred to adult prisons when they turn 18. Neither showed no visible reaction on being sentenced.

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[-] UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone 49 points 9 months ago

They're minors. In the UK and most of the developed world, you cannot give life without parole to a minor.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago

Idk I think people who murder a girl in cold blood shouldn't ever be allowed to participate in society, but that's just me.

[-] Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 months ago

They only get out on parole if the board (or whatever the UK's equivalent is) believes they have learned a lesson and are safe to reenter society. If not then they stay until the next board meeting. I have a hard time imagining they would get out after 20 years for murder without the board being pretty damn sure they are no longer a danger to society.

As gross and heinous as these crimes are, I will never favor life-without-parole or the death penalty for minors.

[-] Lols@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

if rehabilitation is possible, there is no real benefit to society to just keep folks in prison indefinitely, and in fact refusing to accept change for the better disincentivises folks from doing so

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website -2 points 9 months ago

Not all crimes can be rehabilitated. I consider a hate based murder to be one of them.

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Any evidence to back that up?

[-] Lols@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago
[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website -2 points 9 months ago
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