Hi there REHCTUB...

A very good (legal) question I believe. I understand Knight is not the first individual the government wish to keep in gaol and probably not the last ? There was another inmate down in Victoria, by the name of Garry David, where the government of the day introduced legislation to revoke all avenues of appeal, for his release ? Apparently, he soon died in gaol ?

From what I've read on Knight, he should remain in gaol for the rest of his natural life.

The state has no legal obligation to protect the people from predators, but it has a moral one. There are any amount of laws to protect predators from the people. The state’s obligation to protect the people needs to be enshrined in law. This means for example that if a paroled offender ever reoffends the parole board that sooled him on to the people should be jointly and severally liable for personal penalties (such as serious gaol time, commensurate with the damage, plus naming and shaming). Parliament has the power to create laws on the basis of fairness which means protecting decent people from damage and compensating them for it (at the expense of the offender). This would focus the do-good social engineers' minds on whether or not to grant parole to a proven enemy of the human rights of the people.

There was not a shadow of a doubt as to Knight's guilt, therefore he should have been executed; then the present problem would not exist.

I agree Is Mise, that if there are many independent witnesses to a multiple murder like this guy did, then he should have been executed.

As it stands, surely if he has not been 'good' in jail, then he should not be let out on parole, and should serve his whole sentence.

But no, I don't believe it should be up to the Government to change a prisoners sentence, as a general rule.

IS and Suze, I'm with you both on this one, cold hard murder, caught red handed should attract the death penalty, no if's, no buts, and if they muderer was intoxicated, or smashed off their face with drugs, so be it, because the world would be a much better place without grubs like this.

I think capital punishment should not be used but the point about the State having no legal responsibility for our safety is something else. Perhaps Judges and Magistrates have protection taken away? If they give freedom that results in harm they have to take some of the financial responsibility.
I am confident the average legal would rather someone was locked up until they died rather than they pop their well manicured hands into their own pockets.