Soft justice

Luckygirl3

Sago

While Lucy Connolly languishes in jail.

Hang your head in shame Starmer.

I was not aware that Starmer was the judge/magistrate in either case. In fact I think his stance was that as a politician he could not comment on the decision of the courts and that the due legal process should be free of political interference.

This sort of blaming of politicians for everything that happens, even if it has nothing to do with them, and lack of awareness of the juridical system makes me question whether there should be some sort of test before people are allowed to vote ......

Yup.

Tedios and predictable. For goodness sake, we have one for th most free judiciaries in the world.

what on earth do posters think Starmer has to do with whether a woman in a pub was drunk/troubled etc and how on earth has Lucy Connolly got any relevance to this whatsoever.

Blimey.

corrections "one of the most free judiciaries in the world"

and "tedious and predictable"

eazybee your foster carer friend’s experience tends to confirm that removal of children doesn’t bring people to their senses (sadly)

NotSpaghetti

The point is that it's not just a fine.
It's a community order.

A 12-month community order with 10 rehabilitation activity requirement days for the offences.

Apparently few people turn up for those rehabilitation activity requirements and there aren’t enough staff to chase them up.
The fine may hurt tho, hitting people in their pockets is usually the best way.

As an aside to my post above I think a hefty fine would be the best thing for all those well meaning dipsticks carrying placards that say ‘I support Action Palestine’. And if they repeat offend then doubling it and so on.
Wouldn’t last long that way.

If individuals breach community orders there is a system to go through Oreo.
There are consequences.
It doesn't just go away you know.
There's a good number of successful and compliant offenders.

Where did you find this? -

Apparently few people turn up for those rehabilitation activity requirements

Whilst some will not do it, this is not my experience.

www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/outlines/breach-of-a-community-order/