The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg was only able to pass judgement on this matter because of an individual case lodged by an ex-lifer who had pursued his claim relentlessly for yearsIf you're an ex-lifer than you were never really a lifer to begin with.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Ex Lifer
I'm not really too bothered about votes for prisoners but this may be one of the most revealing phrases in the English language:
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It's clumsy phrasing indeed.
But (though I'd be only too happy to see Hirst dangling at the end of a rope) I think the concentration on him and his unpleasantness is detracting from the real issues, which is the abrogation of our self-determinism on this policy...
I wasn't even thinking of Hirst in particular.
I'd be extremely surprised if he was an 'ex-lifer'. In fact I'm not even sure he was ever a lifer, but you cannot be an ex-lifer unless the Home Secretary pardons you or the Queen declades an amnesty. Neither happened in this case I hink.
If only he was an ex-lifer, as in the "ex-parrot" sense.
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