Justice system

[Softus]

Maybe you could save me the effort and list just two judges whose non-custodial sentences you believe to have been grossly wrong.

Do you have an example of just one such law or act of meddling?

 

[tim west]

Dread and Reinhold?

 

[toptec]

Woody wrote

Yes sometimes there are sentencing restrictions, but most times its the judges decisions which are questionalble

No Woody, as usual you are wrong. There are no sentencing restrictions only sentencing "Guidelines" Judges have very little leeway in determining sentences, and have to try to balance seriousness of the crime, with consideration of the victim, public opinion and space in prisions.

All this new legislation has just created more bureaucracy and confusion into the system, so that its difficult to understand what law is what and therefore to make justice harder to prevail.

Again, wrong. It is quite the opposite, the confusion is caused by the gutter press. Those that decide and prosecute the law have actually found it easier to place before juries a better picture of the offences which helps them determine guilt or innocence.

Then we have the knee-jerk terrorism laws which are used to remove old men heckling at labour conferences, or extraditing people for fraud offences.

Knee jerk my A*se. The new laws are in answer to current threats. The so called Fraud extraditions are nothing to do with terrorism laws but an extradition agreement between us and the USA, which I personally do not agree with.

This government sees legislation as the answer to all our problems, and it is creating a powerbase for the state to use against the people as it sees fit (Police state)

Legislation is constantly evolving in answer to modern problems. Not a Police State but cleverer criminals.