'Any sentence handed out would have seemed unjust to us, there is no true justice for taking a life, however the sentences given seem extremely lenient and we as a family feel it does not reflect the severity of the crime.
'I just hope the sentences imposed will serve as a deterrent to others, it may just stop some other cowards from taking a knife out tonight and destroying somebody's else's life, as well as their own, because these senseless killings really do have to stop.'
Why would a 16 year old, whose name we will never know, be deterred by a 13 year minimum sentence we all know he won't serve in full?
Whilst I can see the logic in not publicisng the name of a minor offender when the offence is a very minor one in order to aid rehabilitation, the ban on naming should not apply where serious crimes are involved. This is a serious crime, the 16 year old offender should be named. It's cases like this that cause a lack of public confidence in the judicial system and spawn a belief that it a system that panders to offenders and craps on the heads of the public.
ReplyDeleteKnife crime and gang crime does need to be tackled, but it can't be tackled with derisory sentences or offender pandering. A young man has lost his life and all that is happened is a derisory sentence has been handed down.
Ezekiel, Jaheim, Shimea and others who could not be named because foreign language characters defied European keyboards.
ReplyDeleteYou can understand UK courts rationing holiday camp prison places. These sweethearts should be ousted from Easy Street in about five years. Contrast this with palefaces facing stiffer penalties for fly-tipping.
Living in a time when we look after the needs of murderers of no particular description, better than those of law-abiding OAP's?
Hopefully the poor (unamed)lamb will have got a girlfriend preggers before being banged up by the Man. Having a new baby impresses Parole Boards no end.
ReplyDelete"It's cases like this that cause a lack of public confidence in the judicial system..."
ReplyDeleteThis is, sadly, but one of many.
"Living in a time when we look after the needs of murderers of no particular description, better than those of law-abiding OAP's?"
It would appear that we are.