Thread: "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"
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Old 25-02-2010, 00:49   #336
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Re: "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"
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Originally Posted by Osem View Post
That wasn't your argument though was it?



To which I replied that being held prior to trial (i.e. before being convicted of anything as you put it) isn't unusual and had it applied here an innocent man wouldn't be dead at the hands of a thug. You see I have a feeling that all that tough talk on crime we've been subjected to since 1997 hasn't been translated into prison places and I suspect that's more to do with why some people are realsed on bail when they shouldn't be.
Okay, under what circumstances and with what evidence, do you believe he should have been remanded in custody?
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