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Originally Posted by Chris
But the Government has not changed sentencing laws. It hasn't even amended guidance so far as I am aware.
You and Marty are applauding the courts, not the government - it is the courts that are handing down sentences, and they are doing it based on precisely the same laws and guidelines that they were using 2 weeks ago, before any riots kicked off.
Nothing has changed.
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are you honestly telling that 2 or 3 weeks ago a woman wearing a pair of stolen shorts that she didn't steal would have got jail .The 2 lads that got 4 yrs for inciting a riot (i agree with the sentence by the way) would not have got that 3 weeks ago .Regular shop lifters don't get jail very often but someone stealing a bottle of water gets 9 months .I know that judges have always had these sentencing powers (for instance inciting a riot could get you 10yrs),for these type of crimes but rarely use them to this extent ,now because of the riots the government has told the courts to have night courts to process the criminals quicker and use their full sentencing powers .Why couldn't the government have done this before ?and will they continue?