The journalist has failed to factor in time spent on remand, I think. And by the looks of it, that must be taken away at the last rather than the first stage (which seems broken to me, but ...). And then they've rounded down to the nearest integer?
I think that if you trust the parole system to work, then it would not be unreasonable to allow prisoners to apply for parole at any time; in which case setting a time before which they can't is merely reducing inefficiency in the system ...
So, anyone want to bet on the chances that the offender was themselves a victim of sexual assault as a child?
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Date: 2006-06-13 07:34 am (UTC)I think that if you trust the parole system to work, then it would not be unreasonable to allow prisoners to apply for parole at any time; in which case setting a time before which they can't is merely reducing inefficiency in the system ...
So, anyone want to bet on the chances that the offender was themselves a victim of sexual assault as a child?