'The practice of automatic, early release where we cut a sentence in half' is not working, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said while visiting the scene where a 28-year-old man killed two people on Friday
LONDON - The London Bridge attack pushed law and order towards the top of the British political agenda on Saturday, with days to go before a snap election, after police said the assailant had previously been convicted of terrorism offences but freed early from jail.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, criticized the government’s sentencing policies. Earlier, Johnson said the London Bridge attack was a terrorist act and vowed to end a practice whereby serious offenders can be automatically let out of prison early. A man and a woman were killed in the attack, with local media naming one of the victims as Jack Merritt, a course coordinator for Learning Together, a prisoners’ rehabilitation program which held the conference at Fishmongers’ Hall.
“We have found no evidence to suggest anybody else was involved in this attack,” said Neil Basu. “Our investigative priority at this time is to ensure that there is no related outstanding threat to the public.”
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