This lack of justice is criminal
What do you actually need to do to get put into prison, or punished at all these days?
In the past couple of days I've seen a guy in my local paper who sexually abused two boys at the school he worked at get off without a jail sentence, because he showed remorse. So saying "Sorry" makes it all better, does it?
Then there was the two yobs who drove a car into somebody's house, and got out laughing clutching cans of lager. The man who owned the house, and his neighbour chased after the youths and detained them. The police took over an hour to arrive, incidentally. Their punishment? A caution. Not even a criminal conviction.
And then I read about someone who actually did goto jail. He killed a man to steal his bicycle. His punishment? 6 years, of which he will probably serve about 3. For killing a man.
What sort of joke of justice is this? No punishment for sexually abusing children. No punishment for drink-driving and crashing a car into somebody's house, causing untold damage and risking the lives of the occupants. And barely any punishment for murder.
No wonder there's such a huge amount of crime. There is simply no deterrent. When we were burgled the police came quickly. And when they tried to get back in again a couple of weeks ago, they also came quickly. But they aren't going to get the people that did it. They aren't even going to try because they don't have the manpower. But if they were caught? What would they get? A slap on the wrist? A warning? As I mentioned before, they caught somebody doing graffiti who had also daubed his vile scrawl on my garage door. Was he made to clean it up? Like hell he was. But why not?
People of England, I promise you this. When I come to power I will automatically double all sentences. Possibly even treble them (with some exceptions, such as pensioners who can't afford their council tax and so on). There will be no early releases and the sentences will be a minimum. In other words, if you get a 20-yr sentence, you will not get out after 10 for good behaviour. You will get out after 20 for good behaviour. If you've been badly behaved in prison, you'll just get more time added to your sentence. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
The problem of prison overcrowding will be solved simply: Build more prisons. This will be easily financed by the fact that we won't have to deal with so many criminals on the streets, because they'll be locked up, not taking up police and court time. And if that isn't enough then I'm sure it's found easily enough elsewhere. Removing the mayor of London from office will probably do it.
In the past couple of days I've seen a guy in my local paper who sexually abused two boys at the school he worked at get off without a jail sentence, because he showed remorse. So saying "Sorry" makes it all better, does it?
Then there was the two yobs who drove a car into somebody's house, and got out laughing clutching cans of lager. The man who owned the house, and his neighbour chased after the youths and detained them. The police took over an hour to arrive, incidentally. Their punishment? A caution. Not even a criminal conviction.
And then I read about someone who actually did goto jail. He killed a man to steal his bicycle. His punishment? 6 years, of which he will probably serve about 3. For killing a man.
What sort of joke of justice is this? No punishment for sexually abusing children. No punishment for drink-driving and crashing a car into somebody's house, causing untold damage and risking the lives of the occupants. And barely any punishment for murder.
No wonder there's such a huge amount of crime. There is simply no deterrent. When we were burgled the police came quickly. And when they tried to get back in again a couple of weeks ago, they also came quickly. But they aren't going to get the people that did it. They aren't even going to try because they don't have the manpower. But if they were caught? What would they get? A slap on the wrist? A warning? As I mentioned before, they caught somebody doing graffiti who had also daubed his vile scrawl on my garage door. Was he made to clean it up? Like hell he was. But why not?
People of England, I promise you this. When I come to power I will automatically double all sentences. Possibly even treble them (with some exceptions, such as pensioners who can't afford their council tax and so on). There will be no early releases and the sentences will be a minimum. In other words, if you get a 20-yr sentence, you will not get out after 10 for good behaviour. You will get out after 20 for good behaviour. If you've been badly behaved in prison, you'll just get more time added to your sentence. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
The problem of prison overcrowding will be solved simply: Build more prisons. This will be easily financed by the fact that we won't have to deal with so many criminals on the streets, because they'll be locked up, not taking up police and court time. And if that isn't enough then I'm sure it's found easily enough elsewhere. Removing the mayor of London from office will probably do it.
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