https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-soft-touch-justice-leads-36524945
The SNP's soft-touch approach to justice has been blasted after it was revealed that prisoners handed "life sentences" were actually being freed after serving as little as 10 years behind bars. Scotland is one of the only countries in the devolved world that doesn't offer "whole-life" tariffs.
More than 100 "lifers" have been let out since 2021, with dangerous cons - who are mostly murderers - being released at a rate of one every 11 days. These figures were published at a time when the Scottish Government is granting early release to hundreds of convicts to free up space in jails.
The SNP's soft-touch approach to justice has been blasted after it was revealed that prisoners handed "life sentences" were actually being freed after serving as little as 10 years behind bars. Scotland is one of the only countries in the devolved world that doesn't offer "whole-life" tariffs.
More than 100 "lifers" have been let out since 2021, with dangerous cons - who are mostly murderers - being released at a rate of one every 11 days. These figures were published at a time when the Scottish Government is granting early release to hundreds of convicts to free up space in jails.