Teenage offenders will avoid court if they say “sorry” to their victims
Yeah, on paper it’ll cut the numbers down cause I bet there won’t be any record of any crime once some little snot says “sorry” for kicking someones head in.
How can grown ups be so freekin stupid? And I can just imagine what the punks are planning.
on 12/12/2007 at 06:39 AM
This is like the ‘new’ ruling here in the US, that crack cocaine sentencing has to more lenient than it is since powder cocaine sentences are more lenient - as is our whole border (non)enforcement laws (Duh, why not make powder cocaine laws more stringent?!?). . .Making laws meaningless and worthless is not humane nor will it make criminals behave better - it is essentially doing away with laws - which is anarchy. And this is why crime goes up (not down) and those who understand this (meaning the Voters) need to make their voices known before our civilizations are destroyed from within - because the islamic radicals who want a World Caliphate are just sitting at the door waiting to come in. . .
If you wanna ride...ride the white pony!
I can’t speak much for the Brit laws, but I’ve seen a bit of the U.S. version here in California. There are 2 things that the current system doesn’t do: 1) The system doesn’t punish sufficiently 2) The system doesn’t rehabilitate either.
This is a definition of failure.
I’ll have to disagree about the drug punishments. In all of our history, the only thing prohibition has done is create a rich criminal class. If they were legal, they would be no more available than they are now (and if you think illicit drugs are hard to get, you’re smoking better stuff than I am) and at least we’d have some tax money to show for it.
Hey, here in NJ we’re losing the death penalty by governor’s fiat. You see, we’ve had the darn thing since 1976 but never used it, and it’s unfair to the victims for giving them “false hope” and unfair to the criminals because of all the legal overhead with the appeals. So instead of fixing the system, the governator is just going to undo the law. Pretty sure the people voted the thing back in back then, but they’re not getting a chance to vote it out now.
I think I’m in favor of legalizing most illegal drugs, at least in their natural state. So you’d get your pot, your coca leaves, your opium paste, the rare peyote button and those Khat leaves the Ethiopian guys chew. That ought to do it.
I’m in favor of legalizing most illegal drugs,
OK, but with the proviso that no public monies are spent on rehab or treatment of drug induced illnesses or injuries. Private insurance companies can formulate their own contracts with users, which may range from paying high enough premiums to cover drug related stupidity down to drug use voiding coverage.If an individual uses, then said individual can deal with the consequences. Charity is a very good thing, especially when done at a local level, but I’m tired of the responsible people of this country being forced at government gunpoint to cough up money for the irresponsible, stupid and terminally lazy, especially with a big chunk skimmed off the top for government drones to administer the distribution of the extorted monies.
The only plus(s) to legalizing drugs and/or prostitution is the regulating and collecting of taxes and the ‘reduction’ of the crime element. The first two are not a bennies really in my mind because they would actually result in an increase of taxes for the rest of us too. As I do believe that we would see a massive increase in taxation for ‘legal’ drug centers, etc - there is no real good to outway the bad.
Our current problems are caused not by the drugs - but rather by the ‘liberal bleeding heart’ reduction, ignoring and by-passing of drug laws. If they took a week and shot to kill all drug dealers & smugglers and everyone caught in possession would receive the max sentence (for that week) and serve it - I would bet that the War on Drugs would be closer to a W in the Win column.
But America no longer has the fortitude, courage or willingness to actually enforce the Laws on the books - which is why we are sliding into anarchy - head first.
They Do Not Recognize Miracles as a cure.”
But they do recognize that it makes them feeel good to be “doing good” giving away money extorted from somebody else.
Drones.Legalize all substances (the nanny state should not tell you what you can or cannot put inside your body), and use the death penalty on all attempted murders that are proven to a higher standard...why not have a “higher than beyond a reasonable doubt” such as “yeah we all saw this guy pull the trigger or throw the brick at the car windshield” and if that’s enough, well, bye-bye! The death penalty will never be perfectly moral but I sure want to use it on all violent felons, starting with the youngest ones. Revenge is good. And healthy. And should be done by the state not by vigilantes. But if the state won’t do it...ummm, thank you Second Amendment. Anyone ever breaks into my house, they’ll find capital punishment waiting for them!
Posted by Hillary666
12/13/2007 at 08:07 PM
Hey, drug prohibition FUNDS terrorism and gangs. The best reason to get the government OUT of our veins, stomachs, lungs, and brains is to dis-empower organized criminal enterprises who buy their bullets with poppy and pot and coca sales...but philosophically, if you want to live FREE and as a full adult, with adult liberty, allowing the damn government to look up your butt hole whenever they damn want to is merely “make believe” freedom. Denial is a powerful thing. Plenty of our current problems are indeed FUNDED by black market drug business proceeds.
Posted by Hillary666
12/13/2007 at 08:10 PM
