Yes, I do. My feelings are that I'd like to see him banged up. But I looked at my own feelings and realised that I was looking at him more and more severely as I read the very facts that you list, and realised that I want to see him banged up because he's a **** and especially because a litte girl died. I'm not ashamed of those feelings. But if I were the judge, I should be ashamed of sentencing the crime that way.
That's with what I know, which isn't enough. How come he killed her? The mere fact of stealing a car and driving without licence or insurance (what insurance covers an unlicensed thief anyway?) is not dangerous to other lives. Presumably the prosecution and the judge decided that what he actually did was careless and not murderous.
You'd like to see a 12-week sentence for careless driving and 12 months for the very same actions with also loss of life?
Then would you like to see £50 and 3 points for doing 40 mph, but £50 and 3 points and 11 months for doing 40 mph with loss of life?
Nothing for doing 30, but 11 months if someone steps out in front of you?
No: charge him with the crime that he actually committed, and give him the punishment that goes with that crime. Both those might well be deservedly more severe, in your opinion and mine, than in real life. But let's not let our instantaneous anger decide justice. Driving wthout a licence does not become a more serious crime because someone is harmed during the driving. Running someone down does not become more serious because you shouldn't have been driving that car at that time.
Or are you more worried about the theft? ("12 weeks is a piss-poor punishment (and therefore deterrent) for other would be car thiefs"). Well, I'm not sure: 12 weeks is ok for stealing a car. Except mine: hanged!
