(August 17, 2016 at 3:08 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Thanks for the info -- I'm ignorant of UK laws governing imprisonment -- and I definitely agree that iso is important in these sorts of cases.
I don't think ignorance has anything to do with it really. All we know are our own laws, so if you ask me about the laws of solitary confinement (isolation) in Iceland, I wouldn't be able to help you. Suffice to say, I am sure that he will do 5 years and get out. This is how the United Kingdom is. Gangsters can kill another gangster in the 1960s and get sent to jail for life, and they did too. Whilst nowadays, you can kill someone with intent, get 20 years and be out in 10.