Bag's Rants

Justice in the UK.

I just come across this article on a guy who has just effectively got life for setting fire to two wheelie bins. I thought it was a joke at first but it is not.

Seems that there is this tool called indeterminate sentences available since the Criminal justice Act 2003 that means if someone is considered a threat they can be locked up for a minimum sentence and until the convince the authorities they are no longer a threat.

Yippee! A tool that can be used to put away some of our more difficult criminals. Those that reoffend again and again. But, wait a minute, now I think about it I remember not long ago a judge commenting on this guy that was a menace to society and yet he sentenced him to less than the maximum allowed. And here we are putting a guy away for life for setting fire to some council wheelie bins. Let's see how many real criminals get hit with this.

Jeez.... What a screwed system we have and laughingly call it a justice system!

posted by Bag @ 3:49 pm