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Judges in soft sentencing shocker

  • 20-11-2012 8:44am
    #1
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,522 ✭✭✭✭


    JUDGES who refuse to send burglars to jail are fuelling the spike in house break-ins.
    New statistics show that almost half of all burglars placed on probation or community service orders, rather than being sent to prison, are re-offending.

    The stark figure was produced by the Central Statistics Office. It discovered in a study of 3,500 people given probation that more than a third committed crimes again within two years. But for burglary, the rate of re-offending was even higher – at almost half.
    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/burglary-spree-is-fuelled-by-soft-judges-3300516.html

    And it only took them 5 years to realise it:
    The CSO report looked at criminals who were placed on probation or community service orders during 2007, and how many re-offended.

    Not surprising in the least tbh, every dog on the street has know for years that sentencing in this country is extraordinarily soft.
    Any chance of it changing though? With higher unemployment end the continuing recession I can only see crime rising and offenders getting off easier and easier and resources for AGS, courts and prison are cut even further.


Comments

  • #2
    Ronin247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭Ronin247


    There is a lot to be said for Sharia law.....cut off a hand for stealing,the number of repeat offenders would dwindle rapidly and there would be no "95 previous" to be considered.The rate of recidivism of murders by those put to death is 0.


  • #3
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    If only we could transport our trouble makers to Australia like the old days


  • #4
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Ronin247 wrote: »
    There is a lot to be said for Sharia law.....cut off a hand for stealing,the number of repeat offenders would dwindle rapidly and there would be no "95 previous" to be considered.The rate of recidivism of murders by those put to death is 0.

    I doubt we'll see Sharia law here, but if they don't cop on, we will have more vigilante law.:rolleyes:


  • #5
    telekon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭telekon


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    If only we could transport our trouble makers to Australia like the old days

    Trouble makers are voluntarily going to Australia these days.


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