Why are judges lenient on some offenders?

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On 05/05/2019 at 00:57, staninoodle said:

Well thats complete carp isnt it,because once their dead they cant commit crime

Well rehabillitation doesnt work does it,because their all back on community service within 6 months

Do you actually know the recidivism rates?

The death penalty guarantees no more offences, it doesn't work as a deterrent, it does mean that the state kills innocent people by mistake, it's also morally difficult to justify in any case even without those problems.

On 05/05/2019 at 01:35, staninoodle said:

Its a forum,where you voice an opinion or have you lost sight of what forum means

It's a forum where you discuss a particular topic as identified by the topic title and opening post.

There are existing threads to discuss the death penalty if that's what you want to do, but it's not relevant to the OP is it.

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As someone else said, prisons are expensive and we don't have enough of them.

 

But, there's also the fact that the majority of judges (especially magistrates) are white, middle-class, and male. They live in leafy suburbs with no actual understanding of what life is like in deprived crime-ridden areas.

 

In 2016/2017 the prison cost was £3.395 billion. Sounds like a lot. But here are some comparisons:

 

Trident: £205 billion

NHS: £124.7 billion

HS2: £55.7 billion

Social Welfare: £222 billion

 

The whole system is massively underfunded and, for those unlucky enough to actually get jailed, there's no real rehabilitation program inside.

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I cant believe that some drivers have been allowed to achieve over 100 points on their driving licences. The ability to change the behaviour of these people cannot be dealt with by the law.