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  • 33-year-old Lucy Letby was convicted on Friday of killing seven babies in the neonatal unit of a hospital in England.

  • A handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after the arrest read “I killed them on purpose”.

  • Letby will be sentenced on Monday and faces a very long prison term, and possibly a rare full life sentence.

  • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    Wait I’m confused are there actually people who think she didn’t do this? I looked at the evidence it’s pretty f****** clear she killed like a bunch of babies. Like how much of a psychopath do you have to be to kill a baby not only a baby, preemies. The most defenseless of defenseless, like are you for real or are you just like joshing and having a laugh, are you for real?

    • Urbanfox@lemmy.world
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      3 years ago

      It’s not this specific case that suggests why killing prisoners is wrong, but others where it’s not so cut and dry…

      A man was recently pardoned after years in prison for a crime he did not commit - he was on a whole life sentence.

      If killing someone for their crimes becomes legal, this man may have been killed for a crime he didn’t commit and would never have seen a free day again.

      By maintaing the system currently in place where we don’t kill prisoners, there is the opportunities for miscarriages of justice to be somewhat rectified.

      Can’t bring a man back from the dead, but we can give him a million pounds for the false imprisonment and his freedom for the rest of his days.

      • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world
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        3 years ago

        I never said she needs to be put to death or advocated for such, I just hope she never gets out so that she can harm another person. Anyway, I assumed they didn’t have the death penalty in Britain.

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      3 years ago

      Oh YOU looked at the evidence? Ok, nothing more to do here boys, time to shut down the courts and legal institutions, we found a much better way to do things. Why haven’t we thought about contacting you sooner?

      You think there is no deception possible in this world? Imagine you killed someone and afterwards it turns out a mistake was made in the process?

      • Nythos@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community
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        3 years ago

        Dude what?

        There’s a note in her handwriting admitting she did it.

        All the babies that died, died whilst she was on shift at a infinitely higher rate than what was normal

        The text messages on her phone link to the dates of when the babies were killed.

        People can often be locked up or sentenced under some pretty circumstantial evidence, but that is not the case here.

        • rjs001@lemmygrad.mlBanned from community
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          3 years ago

          You know that could be faked. This isn’t some 100% proof thing

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        3 years ago

        What are you on about? If killed someone and a mistake was made in the process? Of killing someone!? I hope if I kill some one they find me out put me away too. That’s how justice works. Really what the fuck are you on about? I actually can’t believe people are defending this lady. Dudes be down so hard they thirst after a serial killer of babies, and will make up excuses in their head to justify it. Get outside and take a deep breath and touch some grass.

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          3 years ago

          Literally nobody is defending this lady dumbass. You have the reading comprehension of a 2 year old and it shows.

          • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world
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            3 years ago

            I see, y’all are out getting your jollies, trollin people. No for real, I looked at your post history and all I see you going out of your way trolling people.