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Originally Posted by chris9991
To be honest, I'm not usually wanting the law to be heavy handed but with the sentences for the rioters so strict, I'm just feeling that every crime should be punished strictly, which suprises me. In a few months I'm sure that feeling will go away
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Well, I thought many of the sentences for the rioters were too strict.
Let's not forget that prison is a rather expensive option (~40k per year per person) when it comes to punishment.
Either way, you can't compare the massive looting and rioting that we've seen with one moron that drives a 4x4 up Snowdonia. The scale and public outrage over the events are rather different.