What Is Custodial Sentencing

We’re here today to talk about the importance of justice for millions of victims – victims who have been cruelly failed by our criminal justice system. On the 12th May 2005 an innocent family were brutally murdered whilst they slept. The perpetrator, a middle-aged man, broke into their home, stole their valuables, and stabbed each victim ten times in the chest, before fleeing the house. Each helpless victim, a man, wife and their three little girls Jane, Sarah, and Ellie, died a painful, brutal death which could have been stopped. This horrific crime should never of occurred as the perpetrator had committed a similar offence 25 years previously but had been released from prison early. So, I am here today to talk about the one simple thing that could have stopped this horrific crime: capital punishment.

Retribution. Incapacitation. Deterrent. These words are aimlessly thrown around when discussing custodial sentencing, but none of them are effective. How did the victims of this crime have any sort of retribution? More importantly, more often than not, criminals are released from prison early, how
This consequently means that custodial sentencing is failing as a punishment. Since abolished, recidivism rates have risen by 50%. This is simply because the standard sentence is not effective in completing its three main aims: deterring other individuals from committing a crime and providing retribution for victims. If capital punishment is reintroduced, then families and victims can finally feel retribution for the pain that they have been through. There will be a deterrent in everyday life, estimated to drop serious crime rates by 55% and recidivism rates by 40% in the first 5 years. Finally, incapacitation will be served as perpetrators will be removed from society completely, eliminating any risk of them