I agree with SMEE in some respects. Prison should be hard time, with a loss of rights. The only thing they seem to lose these days is there freedom. SKY TV, games consoles in cells, 3 hot meals a day, A warm clean centrally heated room. Some of them have a better standard of living on the inside than some people who have never comitted an offence have living on the bread line.
The thing that gets me the most though is why in this country does the criminal end up with more rights than the victim?
Capital punishment is a whole other can of worms. I can see both sides of the argument but come down on the side of thinking in some circumstances like Huntley it would be the best option. Apart from his compensation claims and legal aid, just how much does it cost the UK taxpayer per week to keep him in jail?