Boy, 15, who fatally stabbed teenager he did not know in Birmingham is jailed for life
Boy, 15, who fatally stabbed teenager he did not know in Birmingham is jailed for life
Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, was killed by stranger after a four-minute conversation in city centre
Summary
A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a stranger, Muhammad Hassam Ali, after a brief conversation in Birmingham city center. The second boy, who stood by, was sentenced to five years in secure accommodation. Ali’s family expressed their grief, describing him as a budding engineer whose life was tragically cut short.
It should not be legal to hand out life sentences to minors, period.
In Germany the maximum sentence for minors is 10 years and depending on your developmental state you can count as a minor until you are 21 (You are always treated as one if you are under 18). And that is how it should be. Locking people up for life helps nobody.
Isn’t boy 15 just another way to say teenager?
The point of jail for life is that it's worse than death.
Fuck prison sentences. If you've got that much of a problem with someone, shoot them and do it yourself.