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Do the guideline sentences for any given crime come directly from parliament?
The law worked - he was prosecuted.
Perhaps your issue should be with the level of punishment, not the law itself?
That's what I was getting at - but I'm not too well up on law, and wondered where the sentences come from - if it's not the judge's fault (i.e. he can't issue a longer sentence) then whose fault is it?
I was led to believe that there are guideline sentences for any given crime, and then the judge works from that depending on the individual issues in each case brought before him.
Who sets the given sentences, and how severely is a judge limited when deciding upon the sentence?
So it's down to the government to set harsher sentences if they wanted to?
I don't see why it has to be so large though, I would have imagined that a smaller credit would be incentive enough, or at least that it could work on a flexible basis, do some bartering etc....
By not allowing a greater sentence...
No. So rape law doesn't work, Simple really.
The fact is that if a trial is to be run, then the complainant has to give evidence in person.
Special measures are allowed for rape cases, where the complainant can give evidence behind screens, or via TV link.
In this case the man pleaded guilty. He was encouraged to do so by the 25% reduction in sentence he was entitled to. Without that incentive, a defendant has nothing to lose by running a trial, and everything to gain.
i once remember reading something about how its very hard to actually beat yourself up because of how our brain works or something ... and if she did this how would she of ended up in a field?
But life does mean life.
If you get released, you get released on licence. Breach the terms of the licence, and you get sent straight back to prison.
Life sentences without parole would be unworkable on a large scale. There is no incentive to behave in prison if you won't ever get out.
If each sentence meant the full term, all that would happen is that judges would half the sentence. And there would be no incentive to behave in prison.
like i said im not in the know about this, does sound much better though now i know that.
still think my russian idea was good though :yeees:
So how long would you give this rapist?