Phil Martin #FewerVictims #InclusiveRecruitment
13 Sep 20,
8 tweets, 3 min read
The words ‘Tough Justice’ are an oxymoron.
The scales of justice are meant to be measured and balanced, neither lenient nor tough.
Revenge and Retribution are not justice.
thesun.co.uk/news/12655019/…
The scales of justice are meant to be measured and balanced, neither lenient nor tough.
Revenge and Retribution are not justice.
thesun.co.uk/news/12655019/…
Sweeping reforms designed to catch child killers and terrorists (and sold to the public as such) generally catch lesser offenders, as was the case with the devastating IPP sentence.
From the same person who misled MPs, akin to fraud thetimes.co.uk/article/justic…
From the same person who misled MPs, akin to fraud thetimes.co.uk/article/justic…
...and who in the past was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Bar Standards Board lawgazette.co.uk/practice/buckl…
I do not see any restrictions applying to him after his ‘offences’.
#FewerVictims #SaveUKJustice
#BrokenJustice
I do not see any restrictions applying to him after his ‘offences’.
#FewerVictims #SaveUKJustice
#BrokenJustice
Terrorists are a statistically unrepresentative example of the people in prison being only 224 out of 85,000, that's 0.26% of the prison population.
By comparison, an average of 325 people, 0.38%, are sent to prison each year for non payment of council tax or TV licence.
By comparison, an average of 325 people, 0.38%, are sent to prison each year for non payment of council tax or TV licence.
He dares to say, we need to be tougher on crime?....
>With suicide, self-harm and personal mutilation at record levels in our prisons (more than double in 8 years)
>When babies are allowed to die in prisons and families are left unsupported.....
>With suicide, self-harm and personal mutilation at record levels in our prisons (more than double in 8 years)
>When babies are allowed to die in prisons and families are left unsupported.....
>When you are guilty before conviction and innocence is merely wishful thinking for anyone who is not wealthy enough to fund their own defence.
>When the price of entry into prison is loss of job, loss of home and fractured relationships.
>When the price of entry into prison is loss of job, loss of home and fractured relationships.
>When you are treated lower than an animal, when your mental and physical health is allowed to deteriorate, nay even be deliberately destroyed in many cases.
>When even after release you are faced with destroyed reputation, shunned as a second or third class citizen.
>When even after release you are faced with destroyed reputation, shunned as a second or third class citizen.
>When you may be released homeless or with a tent & in all probability no opportunity to work or contribute again.
Fools with little knowledge or experience, tell you that you have experienced a holiday camp & we NEED TO BE TOUGHER ON CRIME!
#FewerVictims
#LetsTalkAboutPrison
Fools with little knowledge or experience, tell you that you have experienced a holiday camp & we NEED TO BE TOUGHER ON CRIME!
#FewerVictims
#LetsTalkAboutPrison
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