The Scottish goverment released a prisoner responsible for a terrorist attack last week. This decision has been riduculed by other goverments around the world and most of all the victim's famalies.
The sentence was for life, but the Scottished granted a compassionate release as the prisoner was diagnosed with cancer and only had 3 months to live.
Question 1: Do you believe in the actions of the Scottish? And if so, Why or Why not?
Question 2: What are the issues involved in this story?
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ReplyDeleteI don't believe in the scottishes actions because he could very well commit more crimes not fearing imprisonment because he knows he is to die
ReplyDeleteNo because he could kill more people and the whole city!
ReplyDeletethe scottish sentenced a terrorist to life imprisonment for a relativly small crime compared to some serial killers, yet he got such a long sentence. This is a sign showing that justice is sometimes wierd
ReplyDeleteI agry with you ethan but he does only have a little while to live and he could be to sick to do anything else
ReplyDeleteThats true sean but did you consider him planting a bomb and blow up the whole city?
ReplyDeleteI also say that if he does not get put into jail he will not then learn is lesson and he could possibly try to attemp another crime like this.
ReplyDeleteThat is what I mean he should of been put in jail and because that has hapened he could possibly attemp the same crime again our maybe even a different one.
ReplyDeletewhy are you assuming that he will continue his acts of violence? Many people faced with death will say thier last goodbyes to friends and family
ReplyDeleteThis man is human too, why would he kill the people that let him live his last 3 months as a free man, won't you feel grateful too. don't bite the mouth that feeds you is great for what I am Saying
ReplyDeleteI agree with you william but Are you assuming that he wont cause anymore crimes because he got let out of prison
ReplyDeleteim with sean becuase if he doesnt he could do this right away again and probly get away with it because they went with the other point in the fist place
ReplyDeleteI think the scottish should have kept the prisoner for atleast 1 more month because he mite not see any point of life and mite go and commit another crime
ReplyDeletethis must affect the choices of some traveleres and they mite spread this story around the world and scottland mite end up with no travelers
ReplyDeletehave you considered that the scottish did this to escape the ridicule they are getting
ReplyDeleteand if this man was to commit another crime then he will be remembered as the most hated and fierce guy that ever lived
ReplyDeleteso if he did i think all families will be warned
Why are you assuming that because of this incident Scotland will lose thier tourists,cameron? Look at new york after the twin towers attack, it is still a tourist hotspot
ReplyDeleteI thinik that this is stupid because a life sentence is a life sentence so it is stupid
ReplyDeleteYes Ethan I am assuming that he won't commit any more crimes like this
ReplyDeleteno but it mite be the most safest option
ReplyDeletesome questions i want answered are
why didi he do it
will he do it again
does anyone help him
has there been any history of this man
does the public know the risks ofmletting him out
but young people mite follow this mans actions
ReplyDeletebut im only saying they will lose some torists if the crime will continue
Why are you assuming that letting him go is stupid? Would you want to be let free if you know that you are going to die in jail?
ReplyDeletejimmy i see you thaughts but what do u mean it is stupid
ReplyDeleteterrorists use violence to fight for what they believe in. This man could be fighting for a very good cause.
ReplyDeleteNo I thought that it was a really bad decision by the scottish goverment to release the terrorist. I think it was a bad idea since he only had three months to live he might think to sucide and kill himself and kill allot of people by doing attcks. Terrorist are always to risk their lives anytime imagine what he would do when when he knew that he had only three months to live. He wouldn't even be scared and probably do something violent.
ReplyDeleteno i don't agree because since he was in prison he might have only just done this act to get out and 3 months later he might kill himself or something
ReplyDeleteSorry sir but I was in the wrong gmail account that's why the name ajit came when I typed something. I get your point cameron but do you think a terrorist would care to be the most hated person. I guy who is prepare to kill himself anytime any day, would not care in my view.
ReplyDeletei mean its like say someone had a t.o.c but didn't want to do it then hed say he felt sick, the teacher would say go to the bathroom and when he comes back he say I through up and then was sent home (in other words he might be lieing)
ReplyDeleteThis is just Crazy. I see their point in doing it but he's a TERRORIST!!!!!!! Families have been destroyed and 100's of lives lost and they let him go??!! And he got welcomed back like a HERO!!!
ReplyDeleteI get your point William about him being sad that he is going to die in jail but I do not think a terrorist would care if he dies. Why would people release a dangerous guy like this and make the world a unsafe enviroment. And by the way. William you should think about how dangerous it would be if the scottish goverment release this type of terrorist.
ReplyDeleteI know he had cancer. Tough luck. He should have died in jail
ReplyDeletei disagree Sam even terrorists have feelings of gratefulness. He might have only done a small crime
ReplyDeleteI agree it might be dangerous but look at the ridicule scotlands getting
ReplyDeletethis may just be scotland trying to get themsleves looked upon in a better light
William you say that he might of onlt done one small crime yet he got a life sentance
ReplyDeleteI get your point Nick but this is much more than a T.O.C. This is about people in risk of there lives. You could get a T.O.C anytime but I don't think you could harm someone with a T.O.C , but a terrorist could kill hundreds of people just in one go.
ReplyDeleteThey shouldn't be looked at in a better light letting a terrorist out of jail. That is an bad decision on their part
ReplyDeleteSir in question 1 I think the scottish have made a terrible mistake because if he commited another crime while free everyone would critisize the scottish justice system meanwhile other terrorists would think that would be a good time to attack becasue of a weak justice system
ReplyDeleteAnd some of the issues are that tons families have been torn apart and this man is welcomed(!) back. Imagine how the families would feel.
ReplyDeleteYes but what a bout the terrorists family?
ReplyDeleteAlso imagine if you were in his shoes and you had cancer, I think you would want to spend it with you family, wouldn't you?
i know anabhav but i am just using this as an example
ReplyDeleteGentlemen, great work. In regards to what the released prisoner did; He placed a bomb on a plane and the rest is history. Just remember to check your spelling before you post.
ReplyDeleteSir did he put the bomb on the plane after he got released?
ReplyDeleteso yeah anabhav he could be lieing about having cancer and just gettiing out of jail for 3 months
ReplyDeleteI just found out the number he killed 270 people, this changes my mind completely If this man can kill that many people without shedding a tear of remorse he deserves to die I guess what goes round comes around
ReplyDeleteGentlemen, from tomorrow onwards I will be deleting comments from the post which I feel are not up to standard. Don't take this to offence; it is just a means for us to learn from our mistakes. This will mean that all of you will need to ensure that spelling, grammar and vocabulary are adhered to.
ReplyDeleteNo he didn't lie nick, He had to have tests run on him so that he could be properly diagonsed
ReplyDeleteI dis agree with you Anubhav about the terrorist not being afraid to die, If he wasn't afraid to die he would be on the same plane as the bomb to ensure the plan works
ReplyDeleteThe man is now in his own country so I don't think he will bomb his own country. This adds to the stereotyped opinion that all terrorists come from the middle east
ReplyDeleteThis comment is directed at those charlmers students that attended chapel last night. The Rev. David Smith preached the message that anger is within all people, it is how we deal with it which is the challenge. William, you pull out an important point about terrorists, however, why is it that most of them come from that area?
ReplyDeleteif the man killed 270 people why should he get released? i know that the terroit got only 3 months to live but that doesn't work. i some place if you kill 1 person you get shot. getting the people in prision for a life sentance was such a little punishment, what if he goes a plane and crash somewhere to kill people because he only has 3 months to live
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ReplyDeletemany people died and a life sentance is very small because the statistics show that every 11 days is equal to one person dead
ReplyDeletegen,can you tell me why you think that?
ReplyDeletenick, why would he lie about having cancer and if he did lie they would just arrest him after 4 months and they also would have run tests on him
ReplyDeleteI think that terrorists come mostly form the middle east because it is a major oil producing place and the people may feel that they are getting a bad bargain
ReplyDeleteI think he should stay in jail because he could comit more crimes and go on a killing spree without any fear of going to jail since he knows his life is going to end.
ReplyDeleteSee the thing is that a life sentence is a life sentence. Nothing can bring back a persons life. So I think that even if this man has cancer there should be no excuse to let him out.
ReplyDeleteHe could go and kill anyone and die in jail.
ReplyDeleteI dont think he should be released from a terriost attack even if he had cancer because he killed so many innocent people.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with anthony and samuel because yes he could go around killing anybody now that he is free because he has done it before but in New Zealand or life sentence is only 14 years on non parole but in America and places like that life is life and i think that New Zealand should change our life sentence to life! i hate to see somebody who has killed somebody and get a life sentence and think well in 14 years he could be out on the streets again killing even more people so my question to everybody is....
ReplyDeleteDo you think that the New Zealand government should change the law and make a life sentence for life???
Sam you seem to be assuming that he doesn't care about death. I don't think that he is going to commit another terrorist attack because it is his last time of his life. But I think that he should still stay in jail.
ReplyDeleteAnthony you seem to be assuming that a terroist wont commit another attack on a group of inocent people do i understand you correctly?
ReplyDeleteAnthony G II see your point but when its a life sentence dosent that mean that they go to jail for life
ReplyDeleteBailey in answer to your question yes life means life so thats why i think that New Zealand should change there life sentence to life.
ReplyDeleteBut the problem with the life sentence is that we need more jails to fit the criminals being put in life imprisonment
ReplyDeleteI agree with Williams idea. Do you think that he would care if he died in jail.If he was that depressed to commit and terrorist attack he mustn't have thought that he wasn't going to get caught?
ReplyDeleteI didn't say that he doesn't want to Aaron. I said that he probably wouldn't because of his life span. He has 4 months to live.I think he would use that time to do other things apart from attacks.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree but he still might do it because he has only got that little bit of time left for him to live so mabye that is his way of saying godbye to te world.
ReplyDeleteOnce again I agree with Aaron's question. Whats the use in having a life sentence when it isn't life sentence. It just gives them an opportunity to kill more innocent people.
ReplyDeleteYes that is a good point Anthony but in my question do you think that New Zealand should raise there life sentence to life?
ReplyDeleteDo you think that he would really do that? that is the question.
ReplyDeleteWell I think it is a posibility what do you think?
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ReplyDeleteI get your point Anthony G. about having a life sentence when it isn't a life sentence, By the way how do you know that he is going to kill more innocent people? So Anthony are you assuming that the the terrorist is going to kill more people?
ReplyDeleteWhere did you come up of the idea of the terrorist lieing about having cancer? I don't think the Scottish goverment would just Believe him and let him free I think they would test him so they know.
ReplyDeletei think they should run it again and put him in jail because what he had done
ReplyDeleteI think they should keep him in jail as he did commit the crime and has to do the time. Also have they run any tests to prove his disease and if so can a doctor confirm he only has 3 months to live?
ReplyDeletei think he got his just deserves getting cancer as he killed so many people but i dont believe he should be treated like a king in his city/country as he has been.
ReplyDeleteour life is only 18 years in jail and in some other countries a life sentence is just that a life sentence,
ReplyDeleteI think that even if he does have the disease he should stay in jail because he did the crime and he should thought how this could affect him before doing it, so it is really his oun recless decision for doing it in the first place.
ReplyDeleteif he killed 270 people then would'nt thoses peoples lifes be given for nothing if he dosen't do the whole of his time?
ReplyDeletewhen you think about it there are many people that he sickness in jail so why is this man any different than any one else in jail and some of the people that are sick in jail have only done a fraction of what he did killing around 270 people in his attack.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the people in his country supported his idea, if he is being treated like a hero and he can't leave the country then why would he blow it, by bombing his own country.
ReplyDeleteAnuhbav, are you assuming that many terrorist families are poor?
ReplyDeletehis idea was kind of silly but do you class mates agree that he was thinking that he had no point of loife because e was going to die anyway
ReplyDeletehis thought of going and killing a traveler was bad and he could of gone to the hospital for help with his problem and he could of had better chances of a longer life
ReplyDeletetaking the story from a travelers view I would take pretection and be carful from where I go and who im around
ReplyDeleteNo Cameron his cancer was uncurable,if it was curable he wouldn't have been his set free
ReplyDeleteboys I have got some questions about this terrible attact
ReplyDeletewhy did he do it
will anyone copy him
will he do it again
how or did anyone support him
how agrees that he should still be in jail
andrew because in many countries such as USA and China if you kill 1 person you get shot this terrorist killed 270 people! you won't be happy if for instance your parents are killed by the terroist. you would want to kill them as well
ReplyDeletehe shouldn't of been let out by no brains because if you do the crime you have to pay the time
ReplyDeletethey should of killed him because he disereves it you can't let someone go because they are going to die that's basicly ilegal
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ReplyDeletei mean it is stupid because if he has a life sentence he should be having it for life
ReplyDeletehe showed no compassion for the people he killed so why should people show compassion for him. He should suffer the consequences for the actions he took. Also as an american i am more offended by his actions.
ReplyDeletealso if it's a life sentence he should be in there for life and his life ends in three months because of his cancer.
ReplyDeleteother issues are that he is being let out to spend his last days with his family but he killed the family members of a lot of other families and those people don't get to spend there last days with family.
ReplyDeletebut why did they let him out without having a proper vote or a debate but they didnt so they just let him free to cause more harm
ReplyDeleteI think the law is wrong and a life sentance should meana LIFE SENTANCE not for a couple of years
ReplyDeleteI think some issues is that this will affect scootland hugly and it will take some of the population with this guy on the loose.
ReplyDeleteOne more was I think the prison need to think deaper in thier disision of letting people out that have a very bad history