Plan to halve jail terms for guilty pleas scrapped
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8587607/Plan-to-halve-jail-terms-for-guilty-pleas-scrapped.html
Summary
To restore the image of the Tories being stern on those who break the law, David Cameron wants to scrap plans that would have the sentence given to criminals who plead guilty halved, excluding rapists. This plan was brought to light last month by justice secretary Mr. Clarke but David Cameron has announced that there will be no such arrangement. The pre-existing arrangement that gives criminals the possibility to have their sentence cut by a third will stay in effect. Still, a lot of foreign offenders will not face prosecution as long as they leave the country.
Response
I agree with the decision to scrap the fifty percent decreased sentence given to criminals. I believe it is not the solution to having more criminals convicted but more a gamble. The true solution would be to have the judiciary system good enough so that no criminals would be able to escape conviction. As with many other weblog entries, I have no idea as to how this should be attained though. From what I’ve read in newspapers and the Britain book English law could do with a bit of toughening up, good going Cameron.
I am divided on this matter. I do think that criminality should be punished in a very stern way, but at the other hand, I'm not a big fan of long jail times.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe biggest chance of a convicted person committing a crime again is when they just did time. While one would suspect it the other way around. The way criminality is fought should be changed, more freedom to the police, to increase the chance for potential criminals to be caught.