Makes me mad, it really does

[BrilloPad]

Depends on your mentality doesn't it.

Have you met anything above primary school here yet?

[Mich the Tester]

That's a failure with the Courts system and Government guidelines for sentencing not a fault with the prison system

So you want to trust the same courts system to send people to break rocks for the rest of their lives?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Have you met anything above primary school here yet?

I am sure everyone on here is very sweet in their own little way

[sasguru]

Have you met anything above primary school here yet?

But Lisa didn't do much more than primary school.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

So you want to trust the same courts system to send people to break rocks for the rest of their lives?

What else would you suggest? A system that allows individuals to assess and judge the actions of other individuals will always be flawed. Personally I think less interference from Government in sentencing would improve matters - freedom to apply common sense would, I'm sure, make many judges lives easier (although it would be likely to result in fewer news stories in the Daily Mail)

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

But Lisa didn't do much more than primary school.

Do you know, Sasguru, I find it incredibly humbling that someone such as yourself would take even the smallest interest in me

[Mich the Tester]

What else would you suggest? A system that allows individuals to assess and judge the actions of other individuals will always be flawed. Personally I think less interference from Government in sentencing would improve matters - freedom to apply common sense would, I'm sure, make many judges lives easier (although it would be likely to result in fewer news stories in the Daily Mail)

I don't think 'sense' is very common at all though.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

I don't think 'sense' is very common at all though.

In that, you may have a point But, again, what's the alternative? All men have a right to be judged by their peers and Judges are appointed to administer justice - all are human and therefore naturally flawed

[vetran]

yes it seems foolish to spend even more sending them to prison to get them to pay. I would of thought an order to deduct it from their benefits, pensions etc or enforcing bankruptcy would be cheaper?

obviously needs to be carefully managed.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

yes it seems foolish to spend even more sending them to prison to get them to pay. I would of thought an order to deduct it from their benefits, pensions etc or enforcing bankruptcy would be cheaper?

obviously needs to be carefully managed.

I am not sure reducing the benefits of a convicted murder would go very far towards assuaging the grief of the victims' families.