Scarlett Jenkinson had a "deep desire to kill" and Eddie Ratcliffe was partly driven by his transphobia.

Brianna Ghey’s killers have been given life sentences for her “brutal, planned and sadistic” murder.

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe murdered the 16-year-old in a park in Cheshire in February 2023.

Mrs Justice Yip said Jenkinson was motivated by a “deep desire to kill” while Ratcliffe’s motivation was in part hostility to Brianna’s transgender identity.

She was given 22 years, while Ratcliffe was detained for 20 years.

Both teenagers, who were 15 at the time of the murder and are now 16, could be seen staring ahead towards the judge and showed no visible reaction as they were sentenced.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    This varies a lot all over the world, and in the United States state by state…

    But generally, life sentences are given as a life sentence, but with a number of years and a possibility for parole

    So you’ll hear things like 20 to life. This is a life sentence.

    You might hear life without parole.

    Again, this varies wildly all over the place, but this might explain why this appears as a discrepancy

    I’m assuming that these individuals both received life sentences, one with the possibility for parole after 20 years, and one with the possibility for parole after 22. But, I also have no idea.