Dáil debates
Tuesday, 7 March 2006
Leaders' Questions.
4:00 pm
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
It used to be seven. As I said yesterday, it is nothing to do with the legislation or the Judiciary, but with the fact people thought it acceptable if people had served a certain number of years, other than in exceptional circumstances, of which there have been three or four cases. We should be tougher, so that a life sentence means life.
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