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IPP sentences, introduced in 2005 for dangerous offenders, were abolished in 2012 but not retroactively. Nearly 3,000 people remain imprisoned under them, often decades beyond their original tariff.
Violence by pupils towards teachers stems from multiple factors including home environment, mental health issues, school resources, and societal influences. Responsibility is shared across children, parents, schools and society.
Politicians and the wealthy face fewer convictions due to legal immunities, expensive defence teams, evidence challenges, political interference, and complex financial schemes that complicate prosecution.
Criminal prosecutions may have limited impact due to weak enforcement, insufficient evidence, lenient sentencing, repeat offences, external influences, inadequate rehabilitation, or failure to address underlying causes of crime.
Research suggests executing offenders would cost more than life imprisonment due to lengthy legal processes, appeals, and special housing for death row inmates.
Experts cannot pinpoint exact numbers of wrongful executions due to incomplete records and investigation challenges, though documented cases demonstrate the risks of capital punishment.
The UK's abolition of capital punishment strengthened human rights protections, improved fairness in criminal justice, reduced crime without increase, and enhanced Britain's international moral authority on justice.
