He was given the nickname of “Skull Cracker” for pistol-whipping victims, including a 73-year-old woman, during the raids.
The media do love a good nickname though, don’t they! Can’t imagine anything like the coverage if his nickname was Snoopy.
What really grips my sh1t about the whole affair, is the guy was supposed to be serving 13 life sentences for a series robberies commited between 2001 & 2002 while out on parole after a 27 year stretch for armed robbery. I mean, WTF is he doing being allowed out EVER!
Well there’s life sentences and whole life sentences. The latter really meaning your whole life. In reality a “Life” sentence is never meant to be whole life. But it does require a minimum term and (as I understand it) it allows the tariff to be extended in exceptional circumstances. With regard to them being let out, countless studies have shown that the best long-term way to reduce crime is to rehabilitate offenders and re-introduce them to society. Occasionally this will lead to errors being made, but it is still the best way to do things overall. Additionally, it has been shown that where “whole life” sentences are routinely applied, it makes those most likely to commit the crime prepared to be more violent in the execution of the crime as they are more worried about being caught and have less to lose. In other words these sentences have little or no deterrent effect and actually encourage violence in the perpetrators. Not saying that we should be nicely nicely with nasty people mind, but from a practical point of view it makes much more practical and financial sense to educate and rehabilitate offenders than to lock them up and throw away the key. Not that the hang ’em and flog ’em brigade will ever want to look at this objectively mind 😐
He’s institutionalized. He was coming up for release. Probably has bugger all on the outside. Probably has a cred on the inside with having 12 life sentences and all.
Released he would probably move into a bedsit.
Inside he has a bed, friends, hot and cold water and get’s fed 3 times a day.
He saw his chance to get his sentence extended. Broke out, armed robbery, bish,bash,bosh, easily caught, back in.
Agreed. More common than people realise. I knew a guy back in the day who was a serial criminal. He just loved committing crimes. In and out of prison and happily admitted that he didn’t mind as he could catch up with all his mates and get three square meals a day. Last I heard of him mind, he was banged up in Ecuador at the start of a very long stretch for drugs offences, so he’ll certainly be getting a big dose of rough justice South American style. Knowing him he’s probably running the jail now…
