Nope. It's not
April 1st.
More people with criminal records should be made JPs to increase diversity among the judiciary, the chairman of Magistrates Association said last night.
Wha..?
John Bache insisted a more representative set of magistrates would make criminals feel less alienated by the system.
Why the hell should we care if criminals feel 'alienated by the system'? They're bloody criminals, that's how they
should feel!
He told the Daily Telegraph: 'We all make mistakes, we all do things we shouldn't have done. But we want to increase diversity.
And if we did say anyone who's done anything wrong ever isn't going to be appointed, that's no way at all to increase diversity.'
Then most people will be fine with that. What does this fabled 'diversity' ever bring us anyway?
A total of 15,000 magistrates in England and Wales deal with 95 per cent of all criminal cases. But latest MoJ figures reveal the number has plummeted in the last six years by 40 per cent.
It is thought the drastic drop is because scores of older magistrates are retiring. Magistrates must retire at the age of 70.
Which is probably
what's leading to this.
5 comments:
And if we did say anyone who's done anything wrong ever isn't going to be appointed, that's no way at all to increase diversity.'
Did he just say what I think he said? I'm amazed the PC/SJW Brigade haven't picked up on that one.
We all know what type of person they are trying to attract. Unfortunately lots of them have been arrested so once again they are lowering the bar.
Jaded
As I commented elsewhere, a few former criminals on the bench might be a good thing, they might be less inclined to believe the police when then perjure themselves, as they frequently do......anyone who has contact with the police knows they lie through their teeth on regular basis, so a bit of suspicion about the veracity of their 'evidence' would be a good thing.
Yeah bookmaking this wasn't a high risk decision outstanding post!
"Did he just say what I think he said? I'm amazed the PC/SJW Brigade haven't picked up on that one."
Too busy nodding and congratulating each other on another milestone on that Long March...
"We all know what type of person they are trying to attract. Unfortunately lots of them have been arrested so once again they are lowering the bar."
Spot on!
"...a few former criminals on the bench might be a good thing, they might be less inclined to believe the police when then perjure themselves, as they frequently do..."
It's a double edged sword, though!
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