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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.

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    1 day ago

    Taking a murderer off the streets?

    • catloaf
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      1 day ago

      I mean for other people. Of course we can reduce crime if everyone is imprisoned.

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        18 hours ago

        Murderers =/= everyone. What a dumbass argument you’re making.

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          21 hours ago

          How could you even infer that this was the point they were making? So far off the mark.