He got off lightly...

[sandyRoe]

How does a judge decide that one viewer of paedophile images goes to prison while another gets probation?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...hern-ireland-18740937

[SIRandyraven]

The web sites are hosted in other countries where maybe the law is not enforced with vigour ?
Like drugs , it will never go away.
All they can do s try and keep it under control.
After years and years of drug enforcement , has the problem gone away ?
Nope. It's simply controlled .

[SIRandyraven]

Anyway ...
Why the FCUK are we discussing this vile subject on a Saturday morning.
Shudder ...off out for the day ...floods permitting

[RATTER15]

SIRandyraven, you very clearly have absolutely no idea of life in a prison!!

[jno]

debtors' prisons in the 19th century were rather a special case. They're not really like that any more.

[ladybirder]

Do you speak from experience jno?

[cathfromsaron]

i reckon they find out if there is a space in prison first ...

[jno]

I spent much of the 19th century in one, ladybirder. You could buy yourself a better class of cell, which I'm told you can't do now. They weren't really in the normal run of jails.

Some details here

http://www.debt-colle...s.co.uk/history.shtml

[ladybirder]

I remember nicking my mother's copy of Forever Amber when I was in my teens and reading about debtors prisons jno.

[EDDIE51]

SIRandyraven you would need to get more than 6 months to spend the winter in jail. Any sentence 4 years and under gets automatic release at the half way point, so you would be out in 3 months. Then there is realease on tag for the last part of the sentence and the 1/3rd reduction for a guilty plea, you would do 2 or 3 weeks at most.