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Audible Original Crime Podcast punishmentWritten by Julian Druker
Read by Julian Druker
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Some crimes are so horrific they attract the harshest punishment possible: a sentence that means the guilty will die behind bars.
From ‘the Crossbow Cannibal’ to Moors murderer Myra Hindley, journalist Julian Druker explores the cases of eight criminals with whole life orders and asks what this means for the criminals and society.
Told through archive news coverage of these crimes, this series explores the judicial and sentencing processes, as well as the legal, ethical and political dimensions of whole life orders.
We chart the evolution of these whole life sentences from the 1980s to the present day, and explore how politicians’ desire to appear ‘tough on crime’ has resulted in an increase of the UK prison population.
Ep. 1: Arthur Hutchinson - What is a Whole Life Sentence?
Ep. 2: Stephen Griffiths - Are Murderers Evil?
Ep. 3: Stephen Port - Defending the Guilty
Ep. 4: Jeremy Bamber - The Element of Hope
Ep. 5: Myra Hindley - How Do Politics Affect Sentencing?
Ep. 6: Michael Adebolajo - The Shadow of Terror
Ep. 7: Anthony Hardy - For Public Protection
Ep. 8: Joanne Dennehy