Lockerbie Bomber should he be freed?

[mitzy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotl...

[Cara Van Man]

Life means life IMO.

[kambites]

Does it service society to keep him in prison? No idea really, depends on whether he's still a risk.

[sleep envy]

can we stick him on a big bungie and use him for target practice?

[Cara Van Man]

sleep envy said:

can we stick him on a big bungie and use him for target practice?

I need to polish up on my marksman badge.......

[mitzy]

Agree , life should mean life , like with the great train robber.

[anonymous-user]

Push the fker out of a jet and rid the earth of the evil tt. Money saved and he gets a few minutes to think as he hurtles to the ground.

[tinman0]

kambites said:

Does it service society to keep him in prison? No idea really, depends on whether he's still a risk.

Its not about risk, its about punishment as he had a hand in killing 270 people.

[fatboy b]

Put him on a pilotless remote-controlled plane with a bomb on board. Strap him to a seat, and fly it a round for a few hours over the atlantic and not tell him when you're going to push the button.

[Cookie172]

100% no, thus far

[filski666]

Cookie172 said:

100% no, thus far

pretty conclusive - but then PH is not the natural habitat of the tree hugging "oh just let him go, I am sure he is sorry" brigade, is it?

[OJ]

sleep envy said:

can we stick him on a big bungie and use him for target practice?

Pull!

[Cara Van Man]

kambites said:

Does it service society to keep him in prison? No idea really, depends on whether he's still a risk.

So working on this basis, you'd release many of the killers in jail?

[sleep envy]

Cara Van Man said:

So working on this basis, you'd release many of the killers in jail?

there's killers and then there's killers

[G'kar]

Isn't there a degree of doubt about his complicity?

If he done it, leave him to rot.

[David87M3]

Hi,
Do a search on google for 747 section 42 issues, a good link is below
http://plane-truth.com/pan_am_103.htm

A few 747's have fell out the sky in a similar way (twa800)

Now the eveidece that locked this chap up was a tad shakey from what I have read

I am not saying either what what I beleive but sometimes people get locked up incorrectly

Dave
PS
I know of one pilot who flies classic 747's (classics = 100,200,300 version)
and in certain conditoins if center wing tank is not used (short flight) the scavinger pumps are switched on at 10K feet (in ctr tank), now twa 800 blew up at 10k feet and he now does NOT operate ctr tank scavinger pumps as he beleives that was TWA800's fate

Make your own minds up chaps

[kambites]

Cara Van Man said:

kambites said:

Does it service society to keep him in prison? No idea really, depends on whether he's still a risk.

So working on this basis, you'd release many of the killers in jail?

If they're absolutely definitely no longer a risk to society, probably. Prison is heinously expensive to the state and I'm afraid not a believer in punishment for punishment's sake.

[G'kar]

kambites said:

Cara Van Man said:

kambites said:

Does it service society to keep him in prison? No idea really, depends on whether he's still a risk.

So working on this basis, you'd release many of the killers in jail?

If they're absolutely definitely no longer a risk to society, probably. Prison is heinously expensive to the state and I'm afraid not a believer in punishment for punishment's sake.

So on that basis, if I, for whatever reason, wanted to kill someone you loved, but could positively assure you I'd never be a risk to anyone else, ever, then you wouldn't see the point in jailing me at all?

Nonsense.

[kambites]

G'kar said:

So on that basis, if I, for whatever reason, wanted to kill someone you loved, but could positively assure you I'd never be a risk to anyone else, ever, then you wouldn't see the point in jailing me at all?

Nonsense.

I can't envisage such a situation.

[Cara Van Man]

kambites said:

Cara Van Man said:

kambites said:

Does it service society to keep him in prison? No idea really, depends on whether he's still a risk.

So working on this basis, you'd release many of the killers in jail?

If they're absolutely definitely no longer a risk to society, probably. Prison is heinously expensive to the state and I'm afraid not a believer in punishment for punishment's sake.

fair enough.

So if we use the example of someone who killed a victim in a family argument (in the heat of the moment say), they should serve no custodial sentence?

Is that what you are saying?