The Justice Minister, Damian Green, urges Judges to apply the new Victims' Code which permits young traumatised victims of crime to explain in Court how they were affected. Judges should bear this in mind when sentencing criminals !
Is this really the best way to ensure a reduction of crime ? Will this be a new deterrent to make criminals think twice before committing their next crime ? Hardened, recidivist criminals will not be stopped by a few tears in Court !
There are many good reasons for giving a "first time" offender a "last chance", but there should never be a second chance for offenders !
The punishment of habitual, recidivist criminals should act as a deterrent to commit further crimes. Judges know this and really want instructions and laws to enable them to do this.
After a "first time" "last chance" soft rap over the knuckles, should punishment not be doubled with each new conviction ? Should Damian Green, the Justice Minister not consult a group of leading Judges to determine what they really want him to do, so that they can dispense real Justice ?
Victims of crime want Burglers, Sex Offenders, Gangsters and the like, to be made to think twice before ruining the lives of everyone around them ! The lives of their victim's family but also the lives of their own family !
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(Read also the next article in this Blog (Zero tolerance for criminels in New York).
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