KEY POINTS
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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.
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A handwritten note found by police officers who searched her home after the arrest read “I killed them on purpose”.
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Letby will be sentenced on Monday and faces a very long prison term, and possibly a rare full life sentence.
How? I can’t see any argument at all for how this would qualify for the death penalty. This is like the prime case of when it’s not needed
Please, do explain.
Why threat does she pose while in jail? She isn’t a mafia leader who can still be dangerous. That’s why this is key example of when not to kill someone
She’s a living example that someone else can do something like that and not be put to death.