Breaking News - Harold Shipman is found hanging in his cell

i think that it saw out of order that he had standard privlidges such as a tv and normal clothes for most of his time in prison

I just couldn't understand how he was able to 'kill' over 200 of his patients without anyone becomming suspicious.

He didnt just kill older people though, I guess that the people that he killed were going to the doctors because they were sick so people thought they were more ill than they actually were. He should still be serving his sentence I feel very angry about it, but prisons arent really equipped to deal with people who are determined to commit suicide.

What are u doing here? Go and do some work! (why can't i follow my own orders...?)

Which is why our justice system is wrong. They're not giving out the correct punishments for crimes, they just give a universal prison sentence, which doesn't tend to work. the government spend too much time trying to make speeding motorists criminals whilst the real criminals wander the streets mugging and raping people.

I take it Wakefield prision are going to get bollocked. He should've been on suicide watch even if he showed no signs of wanting to commit suicide... he is obviously a very clever man, it's unlikely he would show signs.

And every dirver speeds once or twice - does that mean they are criminels? Would anyone prefer to see them punished rather than real criminals?

But how could the one prison guard watch him along with the 200 other prisoners? How can you put people on suicide watch if they don't show any signs - would you put everyone on suicide watch?

A criminal is someone who breaks the law and so speeding is against the law, so it does make them a criminal.

But some people are more 'criminal' than others, but that is for the courts to decide.

I couldn't care less if a robber commited suicide, but a well known mass murderer should be on suicide watch. I mean duh of course it is going to cross their minds, they shouldn't get out of their sentence that easily. I am aware of the costs but it would be worth it.

By your reasoning the vast majority of the population are criminals. I would ay a criminal is someone who commits a crime which affects other people, unlike speeding.

So why do you not care if a robber commits suicide, but you do care if a murderer does?

Speeding is a crime, but as long as nothing bad comes out of it then it doesn't really matter however peoples lives can be put at risk! If you've broke the law you are a criminal and so am I. But obviously Ian Huntley is so much more of a criminal than myself. A criminal is what the word means, simple.

But there is a difference between the OED definition and many people's definition of the word.