Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Lucy Letby is a British nurse who murdered seven babies. She has been given a "whole life" order, which is British for "very serious indeed." But it's not serious enough I'm afraid.

I read this touching passage in a study about the family members of the murdered: "One participant is Catholic, a religion that is traditionally opposed to the death penalty. She noted that if it had resulted in this scenario, she would have given up her religion in order for her to support capital punishment for her son’s murderer."