Member

Proposed new subsection (1C) would limit the power to remove a foreign offender so that it would apply only if the Secretary of State had first considered whether the offender’s early removal from prison—maybe without having served any time at all—would be just, in view of the seriousness of the crime and its impact on the victims and/or the general public. This change would avoid the Secretary of State removing serious offenders without them having to confront the gravity of their crimes and the understandable outrage their victims may feel at the prospect that those offenders will not face any punishment.