KEY POINTS

  • 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.

  • rjs001@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    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

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        1 year ago

        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