In what direction are we going with this stupid British Law?

[TWR]

Is the Law in the UK out dated? what sentence for Killers, Rapists, Pedos, Muggers, & the rest that cost us � millions to feed & keep in 5* prisons.

[Androcles]

Vote TWR for Hangman!

[TWR]

So you do not mind paying for the scum that inflicts these things on people Eh Androcles, & yes, I would pull the lever.

[Androcles]

It's a hypothetical question, TWR, whatever you or I think, there will never be a vote on it!

[MissNorway]

they broke the law. Make THEM pay. Prison should not be a free ride. When they get out, put them on a payment plan.Then pull the leaver.

[steg]

we should use them as fuel for power stations

[MissNorway]

Oh steg,what about the smell?

[steg]

i'm miles away from the nearest power station MissN,

[chadad]

If you are convicted of a crime then you are an " Outlaw ".
By defiinition this means that you are without ( Outside of ) the law.
Thus you have lost your rights to protection by the law.
This originally meant that any man's ( Persons's ) hand could be raised against you without fear of punishment.
Invoke this definition and the " Human rights " loophole would be swiftly closed.

[caththecrazy]

^ is that out dated?

Should we send boys up the chimney too?

[Barmaid]

Sorry, call me a bleeding liberal, but what we see in the press is the few cases where perceived light sentences are given. In my criminal days I regularly saw harsh (and rightly so) sentences being handed down.

Yesterday I found out one of my ancestors was executed for house breaking in the early 1800s. Distressing as this may have been for the occupants, I still thought this was an extreme measure.

I suspect TWR is hankering for the death penalty. I could not condone this - I for one could never pull that lever and I would rather 10 guilty men go free than 1 innocent die.

[Barmaid]

Oh and I should add - the popular press would have us believe that prison is a holiday camp. If anyone has ever been to HMP Chelmsford or Norwich, they would understand that they are nasty stinking victorian hell holes (as they should be)!

[ummmm]

Taking rapists and peados out of it, muggers etc all have a different reason and a different story so each need to be judged individually.

[devilspawn]

TWR - I think you are right that they have to pay back their time in prison (should they ever get out)

After all we fully expect our students to pay for their time out of "working life" adn they are trying to better themselves....

so shy not make people in prison pay for their time out of working life.

Honest tax payers reaaly do seem to get the bad end of it all :-(