Appropriate Sentencing?

Tout Seul

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From memory the people who did the attempted jewel heist at the Dome got around twenty years.
This from a news agency


"The relatives of a toddler mown down by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car have slammed the judge who handed him a 12-week jail sentence.

Mohammed Hussain, 26, was also driving with no licence or insurance when he sped off after killing three-year-old Levi Bleasdale in Burnley.

She was struck as she crossed Ormerod Road with her mum, Kirsty Ryan, and five-month-old sister Brogan in September last year.

She died in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where her life support machine was switched off.

After Hussain was sentenced last week, Levi's grandfather, Michael Ryan, slammed the leniency of the jail term. The judge could have imposed a maximum sentence of six months.

He said: "We are all devastated, I think the sentence is appalling. It's just unbelievable, even a thief gets longer than that."

He added: "We were hoping we could put this all to rest, but we cannot now."

Mohammed Aqueel Hussain, of Thurston Street, admitted failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident. He also admitted careless driving, an offence which does not carry a prison sentence.

Hussain also pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods and was sentenced to four weeks in prison to run concurrently with his 12-week sentence for failing to stop and failing to report an accident."

I despair!
 
That was in todays Daily Mail too. The car was stolen and he was driving at 48mph in a 30mph zone. He could be released in as little as four weeks with an electronic tag h:) It ran alongside a story where a man was jailed for eight months for stealing a teddy bear from a grave. Looks like more worth was placed on the value of the teddy than a childs life.
 
Every day of the week there is one of these that hit the headlines it possibly goes on daily in most areas, and don't reach the headlines.....

No wonder the POLICE get so downhearted and demoralised when the judiciary pass such light sentences! After all the good work they do to bring these people to trial….

Yes Laurence I agree with you and have been very aware that material things are treated as more valuable than life its self......

When are we going to see sentencing that suits the crime? It really stinks this system that they currently run! and needs to be brought up to modern day computation as a matter of great urgency.....
 
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