Open letter about the Whole Life Custody draft proposal by Liam Kerr MSP
Published: August 2019
Dr Hannah Graham (Stirling) and Prof Fergus McNeill (Glasgow) have written an open letter to Liam Kerr MSP in response to his proposal to introduce a whole life custodial sentence. Mr Kerr believes ‘life should mean life for Scotland’s worst criminals’ and has brought forward a consultation process on the issue.
In their letter Dr Graham and Prof McNeill argue that the proposals are...