It would appear that there are concerns ( by people in the trade , so to speak ) as to the valaidity , of some of these sentences being handed out .
Are the courts just going to be clogged up with appeals , that by the look at it will be succesful in a large number of these cases ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14553330
A few quotes from the posted article above
'' Andrew Neilson, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "A four-year sentence would normally be associated with offences such as holding someone up at knife point, grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, and I'm not sure that the offence in question was really related to those types of offences."
He added that over-sentencing would see more appeals and that the courts and prisons would struggle to cope. ''
'' Leading criminal barrister John Cooper QC said he believed the sentences were "over the top" and were likely to be overturned by the Court of Appeal.
"What we need to remember here is that there's a protocol for sentencing, and there are rules and procedures in sentencing which make them effective and make them fair. ''