Comments on: The European Court of Human Rights Examines Life Sentences http://globalsociology.com/2008/05/06/the-european-court-of-human-rights-examines-life-sentences/ Sociological Spotlight on Current Affairs in the Global Age Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:03:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: SocProf http://globalsociology.com/2008/05/06/the-european-court-of-human-rights-examines-life-sentences/comment-page-1/#comment-46 SocProf Thu, 08 May 2008 04:03:33 +0000 http://GlobalSociology.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/the-european-court-of-human-rights-examines-life-sentences/#comment-46 Actually, the ECHR has been pretty good on trying to slow down the "tough on crime" push. It would be a nice change of attitude though. Actually, the ECHR has been pretty good on trying to slow down the “tough on crime” push.

It would be a nice change of attitude though.

]]> By: Arnaud http://globalsociology.com/2008/05/06/the-european-court-of-human-rights-examines-life-sentences/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Arnaud Wed, 07 May 2008 20:15:02 +0000 http://GlobalSociology.edublogs.org/2008/05/06/the-european-court-of-human-rights-examines-life-sentences/#comment-45 Make sense, if only to balance the continuous pressure put on governments to appear "tough on crime" and to harden sentencing guidelines. Make sense, if only to balance the continuous pressure put on governments to appear “tough on crime” and to harden sentencing guidelines.

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