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Post by bancroft on Oct 18, 2023 13:18:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2023 13:58:16 GMT
Apparently the prisons are full and judges have been told to avoid sending people to prison. Perhaps the judge took that into account.
I hope that decision does not cost someone their life.
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Post by bancroft on Oct 18, 2023 14:36:19 GMT
Then we need more prisons or to let some out early with conditions.
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Post by borchester on Oct 18, 2023 17:23:03 GMT
The US leads the world in the number of its citizens incarcerated, which has led to the country being the most crime free nation on earth
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Post by patman post on Oct 18, 2023 17:30:35 GMT
^^^
Just illustrates that prison works…
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Post by borchester on Oct 18, 2023 17:55:49 GMT
When I was a lad everyone carried a knife, but I don't recall anyone getting 5 years for it.
So who told you that the sentence is 5 years ?
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Post by bancroft on Oct 18, 2023 18:38:23 GMT
Thatcher at one time though think again more recently it was stated a jail term of several years.
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Post by borchester on Oct 18, 2023 18:59:32 GMT
Thatcher at one time though think again more recently it was stated a jail term of several years. Ok, provide a link |
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Post by bancroft on Oct 18, 2023 19:09:28 GMT
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Post by Dogburger on Oct 19, 2023 11:24:37 GMT
When I was a lad everyone carried a knife, but I don't recall anyone getting 5 years for it.
So who told you that the sentence is 5 years ?
Yes but we are not talking about a 2" pen knife are we ? The guy had a machete . He was/is a drug dealer ,class A drugs at that which carries a max life in prison . In other words the judge had a free hit here with no limit . We need new judges plain and simple , the sentences are there if they want to use them , most don't . A suspended sentence for dealing class A along with possession of a bladed weapon should send out a message to his associates That being ..Grass . |
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Post by ratcliff on Oct 19, 2023 12:32:55 GMT
Apparently the prisons are full and judges have been told to avoid sending people to prison. Perhaps the judge took that into account. I hope that decision does not cost someone their life. Is he considered too young for proper prison and the youth ones pointless? |
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Post by johnofgwent on Oct 31, 2023 14:50:25 GMT
When I was a lad everyone carried a knife, but I don't recall anyone getting 5 years for it.
So who told you that the sentence is 5 years ?
it isn’t five years The maximum penalty for being found unlawfully in posession of a knife is FOUR years. And thats a maximum not a default. It’s five for a gun. Source : metropolitan police website which is itself in breach of the law for not properly processing my cookie refusals. Couldn’t make it up !! |
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