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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Whatever the debate between rape and murder both of which also affect the wider family this piece of **** got off way way too lightly and it makes our justice system a total joke. Society exists and continues to function only as long as the majority have faith in the structures of society, if enough start to lose faith we get social disorder and a general breakdown of socierty. Things like this take a low public opinion of the justice system and further erode that opinion that's not even taking the reaction of racists who love having this sort of incident to stir things up. I would like this judge to explain how his sentence was appropriate and how he felt he'd served justice to the community as I'm honestly lost trying to figure out how this **** didn't end up with a custodial sentence.
If the argument is "overcrowding" then we need to build more facilities and as a temp stop gap we could clear out tv's, gaming systems and other nice little things our prison population enjoys making a little more space to fit more in.
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AFAIK a judge operates by sentencing guidelines, it must also be remembered that the guilty party is still legally ' a child'
I too believe that the sentencing is lenient, however, a child of that age would not be placed into the adult prison population. a custodial sentence in a juvenile detention centre would be the appropriate option
Also, legally it must be considered that any guilty party must also been given the opportunity to rehabilitate themselves into society in all but the most serious of cases. I believe that when offences take place where the guilty is legally considered a child that the emphasis is placed on rehabilitation and or treatment as opposed to a custodial sentence.
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Originally Posted by pip08456
You are talking about Anarchy which, hopefully, would never come to fruition. Both politicians and the judiciary need to realise the concerns of the people they purport to represent.
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No, I'm not. I'm talking about dealing with a highly emotive subject in a non emotive manner.
If politicians and the judiciary based policy purely on the emotive and potentially ill informed and over reactive general public (Which thankfully it doesn't) then we would probably see a return to the death penalty.
Something, as a member of a civilised society I would hate to see. (But that's another discussion)