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Time for change in the criminal justice system



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YESTERDAY, in the High Court in Edinburgh, John McGeechan was sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing an Ayrshire shopkeeper to death. This appalling case is symptomatic of the current, creaking system of justice in Scotland.
McGeechan had already served a number of prison sentences, including six years for culpable homicide with a knife. How can it be that the justice system lets violent criminals come and go, with seemingly short sentences, only to see them offend agai...



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  • Last Updated: 21 May 2008 9:34 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Guga II,

Rockall 22/05/2008 06:36:52
"There is a strong case for a strategic turn towards greater use of supervised non-custodial sentences".

That could be a matter for further discussion, but as long as it does not include violent criminals. Any violent criminals, as well as rapists and child molesters should be given very long sentences and, in the case of scum like McGeechan, they should be given life, meaning for the rest of their natural life.

As for drugs in prison, the way to stop that, or at least to minimize it, is to use the American system of keeping the inmates and their visitors seperated by thick glass. They could then concentrate on bringing in very heavy sentences for any prison warders that smuggle drugs in to prisoners.

 

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