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Which Crime Is Worse?
Two completely different crimes both sentenced this week,which is the more serious and who should the public be more protected from?
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In both cases the full sentences won’t be served.
I think detectorists need to sign a contract of sorts, if on someone’s land.
Would they and the landowner get weighed in if declaring the find?
If it wasn’t for those guys, the haul may have never been found.
Don’t be too greeeedy.
10 years seems extreme
So adding their sentences up,give the ill guy a five year for arguments sake,and completing their full stretch, that comes to about £1, 054,000.
It’s ok, we’re still in the black👍
In and out of prison all the time.
Who would come back for seconds if flogged?
You don't need the Iron "Madam."
You need the " Iron Maiden."
No repeat offenders .
A radical solution is needed.
Sentences don’t mean a lot, unless they come with “ minimum served “.
I’ve an acquaintance who has just served 18months, he was gutted when sentenced.
But, when they come out, there’s not a great choice in areas to find employment with a record,so they’ll likely be up to no good again.
Regarding the youngsters, the gangs need breaking up,drugs need taking off the streets,the arrogance needs knocking out of them.
2years in military to turn the tide.
Non of that will ever happen, so it’s the same old.
I blame the Parents the Government Religion the Pub down our road the cat next door.
Just to take one offence.
I think robbers have always shied away from carrying a gun, as the sentences for armed robbery carry a big premium over just robbery, irrespective of whether the gun is real or fake.
I see little point in paying any attention to sentences, if they are based on prisoners usually serving only half.
I think this just provides an illusion.
If they are just serving half the sentence, wouldn't it be more sensible to give them half the sentence, and expect them to serve it in full.
This would at lest provide the general public a more accurate view of the sentences being handed out.
I used to work with someone who got jailed over a road rage incident, where no one was hurt. His previous convictions were admittedly a contributory factor in his sentence, but on the same day he was sentenced at the same Court another offender walked free, after being found guilty of possessing child ****.
I think our Justice System is in turmoil.
The police are overstretched, and haven't reacted quickly to new technology. Only 3% of rape cases actually get to Court. The detection of crime is at an all time low. I didn't think I would see in my lifetime, the police not even turning up at the scene of burglaries. Our prisons are a disgrace.
I watch a bit of true crime on the box, which mostly features the USA, where they seem generally much harder on their sentencing, and its quite commonplace to see sentences of over 100 years, murderers regularly get life with no parole.
I watched one the other day where they said the State of Florida just doesn't have parole. So they all serve the sentence they get.
The Government seems to have no clear thinking on sentencing. They have recently discussed jailing less people and tagging more, yet recent events have seemingly changed this to locking everyone up and throwing away the key.
There was a huge outcry over the paroling of John Worboys the famous taxi driver, but nothing seems to have changed.