Mmmmmmm....OK. Pay ‘em.
According to this article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/30/gordonbrown.justice
Prisoners in jail in the UK are paid 5pounds/week for work done in jail.
Pay the ‘criminal consultants’ the same rate an say
“Now you’re paying society back for what you’ve done. STFU and take responsibility for your misdeeds....”
I’ll go with what TimO suggested. Also, take the advice, and weigh it critically. It may be criminals trying to set you up to look stupid. Sometimes it is best to go AGAINST the advice, and listen to their brethren whine and meer as they get caught and prosecuted.
If only the UK was issuing and ensuring actual sentences were served, rather than the joke-terms of what I’ve heard the convicts are getting.
He was given 27 months jail time.
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There’s something very wrong about that.
Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ. This is obviously a case of unintentional death of a human being under circumstances of a fight provoked by negligent AND criminal behavior on the part of the 23 year old. In my books, that’s called manslaughter, and it should carry a minimum “without-parole” sentence of 10 to 15, maybe more.
Let the punk cool his heels in jail till he’s 33 or 38, and then see if he feels quite as “in your face” towards the elderly when he finally gets out. Best years wasted and all that.
27 months? That’s IT?!
Ropes, trees, judges. Some assembly required.