US EditionLucy Connolly: Woman jailed over social media post after Southport murders to be released
- In October last year, Northampton childminder Lucy Connolly was sentenced to 31 months in prison after posting content inciting racial hatred on X, coinciding with the day three children were killed in Southport.
- She posted a tweet urging that hotels accommodating asylum seekers be burned down; this message was seen by 310,000 people within three and a half hours before she removed it and issued an apology.
- Connolly pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court and served nine months of her sentence before her Court of Appeal application was dismissed earlier this year.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer emphasized that the decision on the prison sentence was made by the independent judiciary and expressed his strong support for free speech, while backing the imposed jail term.
- Connolly's release today after serving 40% of her term highlights continuing debate over free speech limits and the fairness of her imprisonment.
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Two-Tier Justice System: Lucy Connolly Freed After Nine Months in Prison
Lucy Connolly has been released from prison after serving more than 300 days for a social media post in what is believed to be the longest sentence ever handed down in Britain for a single online comment. Connolly, a former childminder and wife of Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly, walked free from HM Prison Peterborough on Thursday, August 21st. She had been jailed in October for 31 months after pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred.…
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