Pressure grows as petition against release of PC Harper's killers nears 850,000

Pressure grows as petition against release of PC Harper's killers nears 850,000

A petition calling for the killers of Pc Andrew Harper to remain behind bars is nearing 850,000 signatures as public pressure continues to grow over…

Two prisoner release stories make no mention of rehabilitation in England for obvious reasons

In their long-running report on the early release of the killers of PC Andrew Harper and that on a hit-and-run driver (below), there’s not one mention of rehabilitation, probation or of recidivism by BBC UK. BBC Scotland have not even linked to these stories. What don’t they tell us? First, ‘recidivism’, re-offending is 5 to 6 times more prevalent in England than in Scotland: The return-to-custody rate [not just re-offending but also breaching l…