Wednesday - December 15, 2010
More Prison Idiocy
But the name of the prison is funny in America, and seems to fit both the crime mentioned and the philosophical ideas in play here.
Oh, the huge manatee!! Oh noes!!!
Two sex offenders held at Peterhead Prison who were prevented from voting in European elections have had their claim for compensation rejected.
Robert Greens and another unidentified inmate had taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The court agreed the prisoners’ rights had been “infringed”, but did not award them any damages.
UK law currently prevents prisoners from voting, although ministers have accepted the law must be changed.
The European Court has given the UK government six months to amend the current laws.
Robert Greens, who was convicted of raping a Dutch student at Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh in 2005, and another prisoner, referred to as MT, were refused the vote in the 2008 European Parliament elections.
The issue stems from a case brought by convicted killer John Hirst, who challenged the view that prisoners be denied the right to vote.
In their ruling, judges said it was a “cause for regret” that in the five years since the Hirst ruling, no amending measures had been brought forward by the UK government.
They added: “The court notes that it will be for the United Kingdom government in due course to implement such measures as it considers appropriate to fulfil its obligations to secure the right to vote in compliance with this judgment.
“In the circumstances, it considers that this may be regarded as providing the applicant with just satisfaction for the breach in this case.”
Despite refusing the prisoners compensation, the court did order the state to pay the applicants 5,000 euros to cover costs and expenses.
And with any smarts, the UK will continue to ignore this latest drivel as well. Prisoners voting? Balderdash! Compensation for their trying to game the system? Utter rot! Bloody Belgians telling us what to do in our own country? Sod off mate!
It’s little moments like this that give me hope that altogether everything is not completely lost over there.
Posted by Drew458
on 12/15/2010 at 01:38 PM
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