Comment: Victims are denied justice.THE system for sentencing criminals in this country is insane INSANE. One deprived of the use of reason, after he has arrived at the age when he ought to have it, either by a natural defect or by accident. Domat, Lois Civ. Lib. prel. tit. 2, s. 1, n. 11. . What sort of madness Madness Alcithoe driven mad by Dionysus. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 16] Alcmeon driven mad by the Furies. [Gk. Myth. sends a Walkman thief to jail for 10 years when a drunk driver who kills a man and cripples cripples see osteomalacia. his daughter gets just three? On the same day a 73-year-old got just seven years for raping a girl aged 12. As with so much in life, the question of relative values arises. A personal stereo personal stereo Noun Chiefly Brit a small portable audio cassette player used with lightweight headphones personal stereo n → walkman ® m is worth around pounds 50 while yhe suffering of the sex monster's young victim on a different scale entirely. The thief, who has 89 convictions behind him, was a threat to society. But a man of 69 who forced sex on a child of 12 must be caged for longer than someone who steals a Walkman. And the man who gets into his car while three times over the limit and tears a family apart must also be punished pun·ish v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es v.tr. 1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault. 2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense). 3. severely. The victims of both of these crimes will endure a lifetime of pain and the perpetrators must be punished without mercy. |
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