Justice?

[xoggoth]

Good points by eternalnomad. And his name was Muhammed. Good enough for me, yeh, sentence is far too short.

[Joe Black]

P*ssed off. English please. P*ssed means drunk. In the UK.

Emm, thanks for that...only been speaking English for the last 40 years so didn't realise there was now an Académie anglaise...

Correction, there appears to have been one since 1700...in Belgium surprisingly. Now that's something which would really make me p*ssed if I was an Englishman...

[vetran]

According to the news

He was doing 80 mph over the limit in a stolen car, so careless driving doesn't really cut it.

Thats a little different to doing 35 in a 30 and a child running out in front of you.

I can't understand the sentence myself.

[threaded]

I can't understand the sentence myself.

Very simple, one must look at the cultural context of the crime.

[expat]

He was doing 80 mph over the limit in a stolen car, so careless driving doesn't really cut it.

Thats a little different to doing 35 in a 30 and a child running out in front of you.

I can't understand the sentence myself.

If he was doing over 80 then I can't understand the charge. The sentence fits the charge he was found guilty of.

And stealing a car does not of itself make the driving of the car more dangerous, so it doesn't magnify the evil of the crime, no matter how much it might magnify our anger.

[eternalnomad]

I do take your points onboard expat, however I think you must take the whole picture into account when assessing the extent of a crime and more importantly its outcome.

Lets just hope (and pray if you of a religious inclination) that when this fella gets out of clink that natural justice will run its course (as indeed sometimes it does)

[expat]

I do take your points onboard expat, however I think you must take the whole picture into account when assessing the extent of a crime and more importantly its outcome.

Lets just hope (and pray if you of a religious inclination) that when this fella gets out of clink that natural justice will run its course (as indeed sometimes it does)

Hm. If I could wave a magic wand and rerun the choice of which of the 2 (driver or little girl) lives and which dies, I wouldn't hestitate (even if I'd agonise later about having abused my power). But that wasn't the question; and the justice system doesn't get to do it that way either.

[Dundeegeorge]

Confused of Colchester writes

Hm. If I could wave a magic wand and rerun the choice of which of the 2 (driver or little girl) lives and which dies, I wouldn't hestitate (even if I'd agonise later about having abused my power). But that wasn't the question; and the justice system doesn't get to do it that way either.

Justice?
Justice?
Sorry, I thought we were discussing the law?
Justice?
Dream on.

[expat]

Justice?
Justice?
Sorry, I thought we were discussing the law?
Justice?
Dream on.

I stand corrected. For "justice system" read "judicial system".

I can dream.

[The Lone Gunman]

The bleeding hearts and pinko liberals have held sway for too long. It is about time we got back to the punishment fitting the crime.

I do believe in a light touch for first offenders and those who co-operate, but do feel a much tougher regime should be applied to repeat offenders or those who play the system.

I also believe we should have something like culpable homicide to deal with incidents like this.

I would also suggest that the driving of a car without proper documents "should" instantly make you guilty of offensive weapons related crimes.

For a long time we have, rightly, been concerned with the rights of offenders, but I do believe that we have forgotten that with rights come responsibilities.