10 Years Long Enough?
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Seems like he got off light to me.
Am I just out of touch or do you think he deserved a longer sentence?
Seems like he got off light to me.
Am I just out of touch or do you think he deserved a longer sentence?
The joke is, 10 years isn't even 10 years in this damn country!
Words to describe what sort of punishment these animals deserve isn't allowed on here.
What I would like to ask the legal experts on here is how on earth can a judge regard such a sentence as acceptable? From my limited knowledge of the law, I realise that some (maybe all?) crimes are subject to a maximum punishment but surely 10 years isn't the maximum for a crime such as this?
Words to describe what sort of punishment these animals deserve isn't allowed on here.
What I would like to ask the legal experts on here is how on earth can a judge regard such a sentence as acceptable? From my limited knowledge of the law, I realise that some (maybe all?) crimes are subject to a maximum punishment but surely 10 years isn't the maximum for a crime such as this?
when someone can slash his wife's feet with a kitchen knife because she didn't make his sandwiches and in a later separate attack iron her face because she didn't iron his shirt, and escape jail with a suspended sentence due to having a stressful job, no sentence will ever surprise me any more
longshot said:
You want to set women on fire? 
Not her, the grand father.But, one law for all so in theory yes I suppose. That nanny who let her pedo neighbour have access to the kids she was looking after, because she fancied him. There's a ditch and a can of kerosine with her name on it.
Retroman said:
Prison and the sentences are more about rehabilitation these days than punishment.
Tougher prisons and tougher sentences breeds harder criminals.
Except prisons are far from tough these days. I know several local gents who will actively look to go back inside, because it's an easy life.Tougher prisons and tougher sentences breeds harder criminals.
Look at it this way.
Sweden's prisons and sentences are a lot easier going than ours and they have a much lower violent crime rate than here.
USA has death sentence in some states, harsh punishments and long sentences but they have much higher violent crime rate than here.
I know it's not as simple as that, and from the family's perspective the eye stabber in the story posted is a complete joke with no justice but in the bigger picture, harsher sentences doesn't do much (if anything) to reduce violent crime from happening. Better on a bigger scale (where possible) to try and rehabilitate offenders so they when they eventually go out they can hopefully contribute something into society.
Better for everyone (providing it works) than have them spend much longer in prison at the cost of the taxpayer.
Sweden's prisons and sentences are a lot easier going than ours and they have a much lower violent crime rate than here.
USA has death sentence in some states, harsh punishments and long sentences but they have much higher violent crime rate than here.
I know it's not as simple as that, and from the family's perspective the eye stabber in the story posted is a complete joke with no justice but in the bigger picture, harsher sentences doesn't do much (if anything) to reduce violent crime from happening. Better on a bigger scale (where possible) to try and rehabilitate offenders so they when they eventually go out they can hopefully contribute something into society.
Better for everyone (providing it works) than have them spend much longer in prison at the cost of the taxpayer.
The reason I posted was not only because the sentence is too short (imo) but also I would think that the victim, who's life he has already ruined with this particularly vindictive attack, would rest easier knowing he is locked away somewhere.
It would seem that her supposed actions bit him deep inside. I don't know how you rehabilitate that out of someone.
It would seem that her supposed actions bit him deep inside. I don't know how you rehabilitate that out of someone.
Retroman said:
Look at it this way.
It's a nice idea, but i have seen first hand the effect of too lenient a punishment. A lot of these people aren't interested in rehabilitation. They do something wrong, get a slap on the wrist, and think "well, that was easy" and go out and do it again. If the reward outweighs the risk, the majority of these people will go on offending. Forums | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff