Boris Johnson vows to stop soft punishments for rapists and murderers
BORIS Johnson has launched a review of sentences given to the most serious offenders as part of a wider promised crackdown on crime.
Mr Johnson said: “Dangerous criminals must be kept off our streets, serving the sentences they deserve – victims want to see it, the public want to see it and I want to see it.“We have all seen examples of rapists and murderers let out too soon or people offending again as soon as they’re released.ELECTION SPECULATION
The prime minister has asked a review team to report back with recommendations on sentencing in the autumn. “We've got fewer police officers now than any time since 2003, while the population has risen by two million," he said."Our police work so hard. They are under-resourced and over-stretched.
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