He’s on observation - ie suicide watch. That’s why he’s isolated. That won’t last for ever.
Remember that not everyone on Rule 43 is a nonce. Many are grasses and a very large number are on the Rule to get away from drug debts. They have the same opinion of nonces as the rest of the population (and wardens are pretty good at not being in certain places at certain times). He’ll get attacked.
As I said before I would rather be hanged than spend the rest of my life (he’s only young, remember) on Rule 43 in a high security nick.
For some reason, I’m reminded of the recent case where a registered sex offender was murdered in his home - very few people have come forward to help and there is a general smug atmosphere of “Well, he deserved it”. The problem is; wake up folks, there’s a murderer in your midst - someone who is prepared to take the law into his own hands and considers his own moral framework to be superior to the common one - what if tomorrow, he decides that noisy neighbours or children who drop litter are worthy of death?
To the question of reinstigating capital punishment, my view is that it should not be. I don’t believe it would have made the slightest bit of difference here.
Huntley should never be released and continually monitored / examined / studied along with any other mass murderer / paedophile so people can actually begin to understand why people become inclined to do this shit.
Whenever an event like this occurs, suddenly everyone who ever knew the perpetrator claims to have seen the behaviour from an early stage pointing to the potential outcome. Well, perhaps if certain behaviour is identified at an early stage then that individual should be monitored?
There is a GD waiting to be had about how society would manage dealing with all of the aspects of something like that, (civil liberties, police / judiciary ability to cope or implement rules etc) not least what parents / teachers input responsibilities are but like the other poster, I am not clever enough to start it!
Those two girls were “just” incredibly unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I think the parents of the children have been so dignified.
