[ Fri Oct 17, 10:28:44 PM | Bob Thomson | edit ]
Well, over at thesensibleparty.blogspot.com, Col suggested Crime and Punishment as a topic.
A big and complex one this.
What I would say is there is one thing I like about the US system - their harsher sentences. If you murder someone and there is no doubt you did, then you should not be allowed to be free ever again, after all the person who is dead and everyone close to them can never be the same again.
I suppose it's all a matter of how sure you are that the system works (Very Minority Report-ish eh?)
If you could be 100% sure then I'd put every rapist, murderer and serious drug dealer away for for the term of their life, nothing less would do. What appals me just now is the sentences for people who kill someone will drink driving for example, they are far too lenient.
Also, companies and company directors get off too lightly too.
[ Fri Oct 17, 04:48:33 PM | Bob Thomson | edit ]
Over on thesensibleparty.blogspot.com, Col mentions Crime and Punishment as a topic. hmmm, big one. let's see.
Corporate criminals should be treated the same as any other.
Anyone on drugs should be off them *before* entering the prison system.
Anyone dealing in large amounts of drugs should be put away for a long time.
Generally, the one thing the US has right is that life is life etc. However, they are far too tough on petty drug dealing etc.


[ Tue Oct 14, 09:06:22 AM | col wol | edit ]
comments welcome
[ Mon Oct 13, 08:56:48 PM | Bob Thomson | edit ]
Come to think of it, maybe they'd be able to more easily afford to pay their
business tax bill if they didn't give themselves 288% pay rises?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3179550.stm
[ Mon Oct 13, 06:01:12 PM | Bob Thomson | edit ]
That whining maggot, Digby Jones of the CBI, says that UK businesses pay too much Tax. To be exact he thinks they pay too much tax, mainly because they pay more than US businesses. Funny that, I thought the UK was part of the EU and not the US... Story here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3186662.stm