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teenager gets 6 months in young offenders for using video phone in court
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4045991.stm
and they say theyre trying to reduce prison population for people where other punishments would work
and they say theyre trying to reduce prison population for people where other punishments would work
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Our prisons /young offenders institutes are overcrowded. Do you not think that there are cases where a prison sentence could be avoided? Perhaps a community sentence would have been more appropriate. Personally I don't think most people would want their taxes to pay for this eejit to be locked up for six months.
Also, your comment 'why don't you guys ever get it?' suggests that you are always right, when this is not the case.
No-one's saying it's acceptable to break the law you ignoramus. The sentence is e.x.c.e.s.s.i.v.e
Well why don't we just hang him then?
Build more prisons? What an absolutely stupid idea. The ones we have are badly managed and in dire need of renovation. Why should we spend more money building more prisons when there are many crimes which could be dealt with through tougher community sentencing?
The word you are looking for is break not brake. A brake is something used to stop a bike or car.
We do not think it is ok to break the law and not be punished, please tell me where anyone suggested this. Some of us think that crimes such as the one in question would be better punished in other ways rather than spending excessive amounts of money keeping them locked up. The crime committed is indeed a crime, and should be punished, but when there are burglars set free by the courts it seems silly to lock someone up for this offence.
He was taking the piss Lukesh.
A slipper or shoe?
I think you need to do some research. Many prisoners are encouraged to do courses and take up qualifications in prisons.
Maybe he means we should put them in their plaice.
I don't think people reoffend because they feel distressed for heaven's sake. For a lot of people, particularly those who have been in prison a long time they only know crime. Whilst they're banged up life on civvy street changes, and they aren't there to follow the changes. When they're released, BANG, they go back to their own ways. An NVQ isn't likely to stop a long term criminal. They're entrenched in a cycle.
Why? I'm having a whale of a time.
You're good! I was trying sooo hard to think of one! Grrr!
a kid takes a photo where he shouldn't so he goes to jail??????????????
what kind of country do you want to live in?
what kind of idiots are sitting in our courts?
ooo you cheeky whipper-snapper.
It's making a point, if you want excessive when compared to the crime, go argue it in the Maxine Carr thread.
Do you reckon the judge who sentenced him was harsher than he needed to be because it was against the courts that a crime was committed. It could be argued that the court and therefore the judicial system were the victims in this 'crime' and so the judge, feeling victimised handed out a tough sentence?
Point or otherwise. It's excessive.
Argh. BREAK not BRAKE.
Argh, he's dyslexic, argue with his point, not his spelling.
Oh right, I didn't know that once someone dyslexic was told the correct spelling of a word they couldn't remember it and use it 15 minutes later. My mistake.
i think luke would have been realy happy in stalanist russia.
Please could you explain what you mean as this doesn't make any sense.
Well you know now don't you. Do a quick search if you fancy, find out how many times in the last week Kentish has pointed out my mistakes when it comes to the letter 'e'.
I can't do any better, but I can flex my mussels so I win.