These young people who kill others should never be let out of prison. The sooner we abandon human rights the better. There should be hard labour prisons which offer bread and water with little cost to the tax payers. There is no fear of the Police.They have to respect the criminals rights or they are in big trouble ,no wonder so many are leaving. The victims of crime are of no concern to a government that has sold our once great country out. Cry for me England!!.

john essex, braintree, U K

I should point out to all the people calling for harsher measures that the Conservatives have tried this, remember Michael Howard's boot camps? They were shut down due to high reoffending rates.

I've no sympathy for those who makes other people's lives a misery, but locking up more and more people doesn't solve the problem. Look at America.

Owen, London, UK

' The teenage killers are victims of a strange British culture. Perfectly reasonable people, as soon as they start drinking, can become aggressive and use violence'.

What rubbish, and this from a chief constable!

Drink may losen their inhibitions but they behave to type. In vino veritas, Mr. Fahy.

David, Oxford,

This tragedy is the result of an incompetent judicial system that cannot deal with vicious feral youths intent on seeking trouble and violence. The magistrate should be named and shamed in public and removed from office; ideally he or she should be personally liable for damages arising from the incomprehensible decision to grant bail. The murderers should receive exemplary sentences of 30 years as they are habitual violent offenders beyond redemption, and their existence and liberty is of no benefit to society whatsoever. They should be denied the opportunity to live their lives that they have removed from the Newlove family.

Iain, Edinburgh, UK

Nothing is deterring these young offenders from repeating these types of crime over and over again. I think we need to bring in some harse punishment to stop the youths from re-offending. Caning them upt o 100 lashes for minor offences would be a good starting point.

Abdul , London,

If the Government does'nt take action, and the police and courts are failing. Maybe it's time to take action ourselves. Take control over these vicious ferral yobs. If their so called parents and authorities cant control them then Its time for right and just people to dish out some community punnisment they would never forget. Just like Northern Ireland. But of course the politically correct brigade and the liberal do gooders will be up in arms at the very thought. BUT ASK the victims and the families left destroyed because of these mindless thugs. let groups of adults who can look after themselves go outside these thugs property and do what their thug children do to others, intimidate them, scare the life out of them, then when they come out give them the same medicine. When people commit harsh crime, harsh PUNNISHMENT and retribution should be dished out liberaly. CIVIL RIGHTS, what civil rights do the victims and their families have?

Colin , Chester, Cheshire

Any child from the age of responsibility that is found guilty of any crime of mugging to murder should be *put away* for ten years and any adult , the same , for 25 years , no parole .

Jim, Sidcup/Kent,

Whoever had him released should be jailed

Phil, Preston,

Dear Citizens

I believe it is about time the goverment woke up and started to concentrate on our country in a more effective way than mostly just talking. The streets are amok with criminals and violent youths and the brave police need our support and help. Also our brave armed forces would be better to be brought home and assist in the crackdown of crime in our country. I have to ask would you agree with me in that something needs to be done? I am sure you would and unfortunately it is getting worse in so much I believe we are at a level where we need more than the police to stop the rot.
Apart from this our celebreties and sports stars could look to help out in another way by getting involved in community work.

Wake up Mr Brown and Co, Wake Up!

You do enough outside the country but first we need to help our own land before we are better equipped to help others.

My heart as I am sure yours does goes out to the Newlove family.
You are in my thoughts and prayers

Mr Walmsley, Bolton, England

inquiry blah blah blah need to do more blah blah blah. more rhetoric, more laws, more red tape.

that's political posing that's cold comfort to Newlove and Norton families.

what needs to happen is for the government to stop the jibba jabba and build the prisons, toughen up sentencing, free up the police, give parents back their control, curb welfare...

Dom, London,

Perhaps we should abandon "the slap on the wrist" approach to first offences and come down hard at the start of any offensive teen behaviour. The liberal approach currently in place clearly doesn't work.

Janet, London,

Shouldn't a bail decision be recorded with argument? If the police and CPS request no bail and the judge or magistrate overrides this then surely the deciding factors must be recorded, since the decision should be subject to appeal just like every other ruling by a judge? I think if this is done routinely we might find a blanket referral to the European Human Rights act being thrown around a great deal with little consideration to the negative effect on the community.
The human rights of the accused are important, but the judiciary must be given the freedom, or orders, to consider the human rights of the community with equal gravity without fear of a constant reversal by a higher court. With a government full of lawyers that is so keen on red tape, why has this one been missed?

KR, Stockport,