The biggest problem with dishing out big sentences (which Joe Public likes) is that it cost a friggin fortune to keep somebody in gaol (and that's without even considering lost taxes from earnings and likely benefits for their family).
If you want to go the American route (long sentences and lots of them - especially for non-whites) you've got to be prepared to pay for it.
The only other option is to go for cutting bits off which sort of makes later appeals a bit pointless and our wonderful police have on many occasions in the past stitched up the local wierdo/thicko for crimes they couldn't solve.
If you want to go the American route (long sentences and lots of them - especially for non-whites) you've got to be prepared to pay for it.
The only other option is to go for cutting bits off which sort of makes later appeals a bit pointless and our wonderful police have on many occasions in the past stitched up the local wierdo/thicko for crimes they couldn't solve.
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