Whole life sentences and an alternative

The two killers of Lee Rigby have been justly sentenced, though I’m not up to speed as to why one should have received ‘whole life’ and the other, a finite term.

I have a suggestion for a perhaps more merciful solution. More merciful that is, than that which they meted out to their victim.

Any one convicted and sentenced to more than say, thirty years or, to whole life, should have, in their cell, a small – 18 inches by 12 inches, glass doored wall safe. In the locked safe, floodlit from within, should be a bottle of water – changed at suitable intervals – and a lethal pill.

The key to the safe should be in the possession of the convict and available for personal use at any time. The idea is that the State makes the means available and the convict makes the choice. That should be acceptable to the EU provided we’re still members. It will save the taxpayer a whole heap of cash and rid the Earth of those who by their actions have forfeited the right to existence.

I’m just stuffed full of good ideas !