Should life in prison really mean life in prison?
On Tuesday, a 41-year old man shot three people at a drive-in McDonalds in Finland:
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/07/r...g_1815954.html
In 1997, he had been sentenced for life in prison for a murder and two attempted homicides. He was released in December 2009 after 12 years in prison:
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The main suspect, a Porvoo resident with a record of violent crime, has said during interrogation, that he remembers almost nothing of the events. He was paroled just over six months ago after serving 12 years of a life sentence for homicide, and police say that he had apparently been drinking.
In Finland, those sentenced for life are in average pardoned after 13 years:
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/07/p...s_1813792.html
Should a life sentence really mean a life sentence? I'm not sure for first time offenders, but I think at least the second time it should. If they'll release this man again after another 13 years, he'll be about 54 and still a danger to the society, because it seems he doesn't learn.